Signet Ring

ca. 1500 (Renaissance)

2.5 cm 1.2 cm 2.6 cm

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Signet rings were used for impressing one's personal mark, like a signature, on the wax seal applied to a letter or other document. The signet on this ring depicts a shield with a rampant lion with a flute in its mouth. Above the shield are the initials S K. The sides of th...

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Melvin Gutman Collection Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 15, 1970, Part V, lot 121; Mrs. Ruth Blumka, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by purchase.
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