'Lime Flower Ring II
Ring
1977 (made)
1977 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Bernhard Schobinger's Lime Flower Ring II is cast in gold from a single leaf from a Lime tree. The slender leaf curls round to form the band of the ring while the flower, which in nature projects on a stalk from halfway down the spine of the leaf, rises to form the bezel. It presents an intriguing combination of fragility and solidity with even the delicate stamens of the open flower captured in gold.
Schobinger first explored casting objects for use in jewellery in 1977 using a centrifugal casting machine designed for use in dentistry. Subjects included plant material such as grass, lime flowers and grapevine tendrils, but also Emmental cheese, sweets and small sewing-thread reels.
Schobinger first explored casting objects for use in jewellery in 1977 using a centrifugal casting machine designed for use in dentistry. Subjects included plant material such as grass, lime flowers and grapevine tendrils, but also Emmental cheese, sweets and small sewing-thread reels.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | 'Lime Flower Ring II (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Cast gold |
| Brief description | 'Lime Flower Ring II', gold, designed and made by Bernhard Schobinger, Switzerland, 1977 |
| Physical description | The ring is cast in gold from a single leaf with blossom of the Lime tree. The leaf, patinated to a darker gold, curls round to form the band of the ring. The stem of the blossom extends from part-way down the leaf at a tangent, branching into five buds, two of which are partially open. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | S
750 (Maker's mark and stamp for 18 carat gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Gillian O'Connor and Liselotte Siegfried |
| Summary | Bernhard Schobinger's Lime Flower Ring II is cast in gold from a single leaf from a Lime tree. The slender leaf curls round to form the band of the ring while the flower, which in nature projects on a stalk from halfway down the spine of the leaf, rises to form the bezel. It presents an intriguing combination of fragility and solidity with even the delicate stamens of the open flower captured in gold. Schobinger first explored casting objects for use in jewellery in 1977 using a centrifugal casting machine designed for use in dentistry. Subjects included plant material such as grass, lime flowers and grapevine tendrils, but also Emmental cheese, sweets and small sewing-thread reels. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bernhard Schobinger: The Rings of Saturn, by Glenn Adamson, Florian Hufnagl and Bernhard Schobinger (Stuttgart, 2014), p.136 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.30-2018 |
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| Record created | October 31, 2018 |
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