Ring
Ring
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This ring was acquired by the Museum in 1871 as part of a large collection of rings which had been assembled by the Victorian scholar Edmund Waterton. It was described at that time as 17th-century Albanian.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ring (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver with applied granules and niello motif |
| Brief description | Silver ring with raised diamond-shaped bezel decorated with applied granules and a niello motif. |
| Physical description | Silver ring with a plain shank and three-tiered lozenge-shaped bezel. Each tier is smaller than the one below and edged with granules. The top tier has a stylised niello sprig in the centre. There is a granule extension on each shoulder. |
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| Summary | This ring was acquired by the Museum in 1871 as part of a large collection of rings which had been assembled by the Victorian scholar Edmund Waterton. It was described at that time as 17th-century Albanian. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 985-1871 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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