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
Not on view
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Department
RienziObject Type
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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James Nixon
c. 1795
Watercolor on ivory, 12k rose gold, embossed metallic foil, seed pearls, hair, and glass
2005.1611
c. 1810
Watercolor on ivory, 18k yellow gold, pearls, hair, embossed metallic foil, and opaline glass
2005.1659
Ad Reinhardt
1946–1956, published 1975
Offset photolithographs
2007.1032.A-.GG
c. 1800–1810
Watercolor on ivory, 9k rose gold, pearls, hair, mother-of-pearl, glass beads, and glass
2005.1740.A,.B