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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Ring

ca. 1649 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Enamelled gold commemorative ring, the oval bezel with a revolving centre. On the obverse, an intaglio portrait of Charles I and on the reverse a skull between CR a coronet above and a royal crown below. Inscribed GLORIA and VANITAS. The border inscribed behind IA: the 30/1648 The hoop engraved inside Emigravit gloria Angl


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Metalwork
Royalty
Death
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Ring
Materials and techniques
Engraved and enamelled gold
Gold
Enamel
Brief description
Enamelled gold commemorative ring for Charles I, the oval bezel with a revolving centre with an intaglio portrait of Charles I and a skull between CR a coronet above and a royal crown below on the reverse. England, about 1649.
Physical description
Enamelled gold commemorative ring, the oval bezel with a revolving centre. On the obverse, an intaglio portrait of Charles I and on the reverse a skull between CR a coronet above and a royal crown below. Inscribed GLORIA and VANITAS. The border inscribed behind IA: the 30/1648 The hoop engraved inside Emigravit gloria Angl
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.9cm
  • Width: 2.2cm
  • Depth: 1.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • CR
  • Inscribed GLORIA and VANITAS
  • inscribed IA: the 30/1648 (The border; behind)
  • engraved Emigravit gloria Angl (The hoop; inside)
    Translation
    'The glory of England has departed'
Credit line
Given by Dame Joan Evans
Object history
Acquired by Sir John Evans at Christie's in 1895

Historical significance: Commemorates the death of King Charles I
Subjects depicted
Mourning
Skull (Skeleton Component)
Intaglios
Coronets (Crowns)
Crowns (Headdresses)
Charles I (King of England)
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.274-1962

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Record createdJuly 17, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126104/ring-unknown/
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