Ring

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Ring
Date1771
MediumEnamel, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 5/8 × 9/16 × 3/4 in. diameter (1.6 × 1.4 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1795
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.

"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Alice Pratt Brown Gallery, March 7 - July 18, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on verso: "Faultess / before ye. Throne / of God / Rev. 14:5"

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