signet-ring; intaglio

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Object Type: signet-ring; intaglio
Museum number: 1853,0218.12
Description: Signet-ring; gold; engraved; enamelled red; hollow hoop; shoulders decorated with eight-armed cross, scrolls and monogram; circular bezel containing hemispherical chalcedony with intaglio depiction of face amid rays.
Production date: 17thC
Materials: gold; chalcedony; enamel
Technique: enamelled; intaglio
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.13 inches; Weight: 248 grains
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Dalton 1912 / Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval and Later, Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB, in which are included the other rings of the same period in the Museum. (649); Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum. (947)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Harry Osborn Cureton; Purchased through: Sotheby's (lot g)
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1853
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1853,0218.12

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