Ring with Figure of Hope

1820-1830 bezel: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm) (w.)1 in. (2.6 cm) (diam.) Citation Source image

Sentimental miniature scenes in the neoclassical style, often painted in sepia and framed by a single border of diamonds, are characteristic motifs of late 18th-and early 19th-century rings. Here, a mourning woman is shown leaning in a thoughtful pose on a large anchor, a symb...

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Mrs. Charles E. Rieman [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1958, by gift.
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