Ring
Ring
1860-1870 (made)
1860-1870 (made)
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Place of origin |
This ring was bought as an example of traditional Syrian jewellery at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872 for two shillings.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Ring (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt decorated with a filigree dome and set with one red and one green paste |
Brief description | Silver-gilt ring with a domed, filigree bezel between two pastes, one red, one green, Syria, 1860-1870. |
Physical description | Silver-gilt ring with a flat shank stamped with a band of beading between borders of twisted wire. There is a rectangle with a different pattern in the centre of the back. The bezel has a dome of open filigree in the centre with a paste in a closed setting on each side: one red, one green. |
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Summary | This ring was bought as an example of traditional Syrian jewellery at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872 for two shillings. |
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Accession number | 1555-1873 |
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Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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