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Ring
- Place of origin:
England (probably, made)
- Date:
1730-1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Chased gold and silver set with rubies and diamonds
- Museum number:
8550-1863
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, case 12, shelf A, box 9
Flowers were a fashionable theme in jewellery during the second half of the 18th century. Intricate and colourful ‘giardinetti’ rings (from the Italian, meaning ‘little garden’) were popular. They had tiny blossoms set with an assortment of precious stones, asymmetrically arranged in a basket, vase or pot.