On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Ring Stand

1815-1830 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Paris (Made)

Ring stand in the shape of a small sailing boat with a cherub sitting in it.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Jewellery
Object type
Ring stand
Materials and techniques
Brass
Mother of Pearl
Gilding
Brief description
Gilt-brass ring stand, Paris, around 1830, Palais Royal work
Physical description
Ring stand in the shape of a small sailing boat with a cherub sitting in it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.0cm
  • Length: 13.0cm
  • Width: 2.8cm
Gallery label
(March 2004)
BADA 2004 Exhibition label:
PAIR OF RING STANDS
Mother-of-pearl mounted in gilt-brass, France, 1815-30, Palais Royal Work
These ring stands are some of the small luxury items known as Palais Royal work. A trade in this work was established in the shops of the Palais Royal in Paris in the late 18th century, usually in goods such as jewellery stands, candlesticks and small boxes made in engraved mother-of-pearl and gilt-brass.
These ring stands were probably part of a toilet set on a dressing table. They came to the V&A in 1987as part of a large bequest of late Empire period French metalwork, ceramics and furniture in Paris by Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), 1st Lord Stuart de Rothesay.
TP Hole Bequest
M.98-99-1987
Production
Made in the Palais Royal, Paris
Bibliographic reference
Patterson, Angus, "The Belinda Gentle Metalware Gallery at the V&A", Journal of the Antique Metalware Society, Volume 13, June 2005, p. 47, Fig. 12
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.98-1987

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Record createdApril 14, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O97911/ring-stand-unknown/
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