fede ring; cameo

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Object Type: fede ring; cameo
Museum number: AF.2185
Description: Finger-ring; fede-ring; gold; the hoop a plain wire; applied oval bezel with an emerald glass paste cut in cameo to represent two clasped hands and surrounded by garnets, beyond which is a border of loops.
Production date: 18thC
Production place: Made in: Italy
Materials: gold; garnet; glass
Technique: applied; carved
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 inches
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Text from Dalton 1912, Catalogue of Finger Rings: The design of clasped hands on the bezel brings this number within the category of fede-rings. (Cf.nos. 1002 ff.) For a similar ring see Chadour 1994 no 766.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: Hoop a later addition to existing ornament.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: AF.2185

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