RING
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The bezel of the ring is a plain oval and contains the image of a feather similar to an ostrich plume. This is done in hair on a white ground and is framed by a dark blue enamel band inscribed in gold letters and with five fleur de lis separated by dots. The back of the bezel is engraved as well.
- Object name:
- RING
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- hair
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1793
- Size:
- 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.116
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; DATE around front: BARBE D' HENRY IV; on back: PRISE A ST DENIS LE 8 BRE 1793
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973