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Ring

Ring

  • Place of origin:

    Europe (West, made)

  • Date:

    1600-1650 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled gold, set with rock crystal

  • Museum number:

    M.20-1929

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91, case 8, shelf C, box 17

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This ring is set with five point-cut stones, made of rock crystal. Finds from ancient Egypt show that jewellers have used glass paste to imitate precious stones since at least 1500 BC. The worn edges on this ring are a crude indication that they are not real diamonds.

Physical description

An enamelled gold ring set with a star-shaped arrangement of five point-cut rock crystal stones

Place of Origin

Europe (West, made)

Date

1600-1650 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled gold, set with rock crystal

Dimensions

Height: 2.5 cm, Width: 1.9 cm, Depth: 1.4 cm

Object history note

ex Harman Oates Collection

Descriptive line

An enamelled gold ring set with a star-shaped arrangement of point-cut rock crystal. Western Europe, about 1600-50.

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Rock crystal

Subjects depicted

Stars

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery

Collection code

MET

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