Rings
Ring
1860-1870 (made)
1860-1870 (made)
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This ring was bought by the Museum, as an example of traditional Armenian jewellery, at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872 for four shillings.
The Armenians were famous for their skill in all kinds of silver work, particularly filigree, and worked throughout the Ottoman Empire, not only in their homeland in the south Caucasus. Multiple rings, like this one, were made in many places in the region, from the Balkans to the Yemen.
The Armenians were famous for their skill in all kinds of silver work, particularly filigree, and worked throughout the Ottoman Empire, not only in their homeland in the south Caucasus. Multiple rings, like this one, were made in many places in the region, from the Balkans to the Yemen.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Rings (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver decorated with applied granules and set with a red paste |
| Brief description | Silver ring made from five separate rings joined by a pear-shaped bezel set with a red paste, Armenia, 1860-1870. |
| Physical description | Silver ring made from five separate rings linked together. Each ring is a plain circle of wire grooved to look like twisted wire. The bezel is a pear-shaped piece of silver with a red pear-shaped glass paste set in the centre surrounded by twisted wire and triangles of granules. There are five loops on its back through which the separate rings pass. Each of the five rings has two small motifs, of a granule on a ring of twisted wire, soldered to it on either side of the place where it is threaded through the loop of the bezel to prevent it from slipping. |
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| Summary | This ring was bought by the Museum, as an example of traditional Armenian jewellery, at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872 for four shillings. The Armenians were famous for their skill in all kinds of silver work, particularly filigree, and worked throughout the Ottoman Empire, not only in their homeland in the south Caucasus. Multiple rings, like this one, were made in many places in the region, from the Balkans to the Yemen. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1416-1873 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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