Ring
1820-1850 (made)
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One of the specialities of the Schwäbisch Gmünd silversmiths was the production of rings set with glass bezels which had gold designs painted or applied to their backs which were then covered with coloured lacquer or foil. These appear from the front as gold motifs on a red ground. Many of the subjects were religious, but others, used on wedding or betrothal rings, had a more sentimental character, such as the flower on this example. This ring also has a characteristic Gmünder Blume stylised flower on its shoulders, and diagonal bands round the shank, both of which are typical of Gmünd rings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver set with red glass pastes and a reverse-painted flower under glass |
| Brief description | Silver ring set with a verre églomisé flower and red pastes, Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany), 1820-1850. |
| Physical description | Silver ring with flat shank, decorated with diagonal bands of dots, ending in split shoulders. The bezel is a square piece of glass with rounded corners decorated with a flower reverse-painted in gold over red foil. The shoulders are each decorated with an applied silver flower, matching that on the bezel, with a red paste in the centre. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '13' in square frame. (Marked twice on outside of shank, at the back.)
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| Summary | One of the specialities of the Schwäbisch Gmünd silversmiths was the production of rings set with glass bezels which had gold designs painted or applied to their backs which were then covered with coloured lacquer or foil. These appear from the front as gold motifs on a red ground. Many of the subjects were religious, but others, used on wedding or betrothal rings, had a more sentimental character, such as the flower on this example. This ring also has a characteristic Gmünder Blume stylised flower on its shoulders, and diagonal bands round the shank, both of which are typical of Gmünd rings. |
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| Accession number | 898-1872 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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