Ring with Celestial Motif

1701-1775 bezel: 1/2 in. (1.27 cm) Citation Source image

This ring is composed of gold, silver collets, and an octagonal bezel on a foiled dark blue enamel ground with a galaxy of stars set with diamonds within a border, similarly set. The plain hoop expands at the shoulders. In the late 18th century and into the 19th century, marq...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Laura F. Delano, New York, [date of acquisition unknown], by gift; Walters Art Museum, June 9, 1947, by gift.
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