Ring with Floral Motif

late 18th century

1.8 cm 3.3 cm

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This ring is of the popular "navette" (boat) shape. The diamonds are set in red enamel, framing and creating a floral motif. From the 1720s more diamonds than ever came to Europe. The international network of traders and skilled diamond cutters that had long linked Lisbon, Ams...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore (?); given to Laura F. Delano, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 1947.
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