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Source Description
A large aquamarine, with its table engraved to show a bell and a compass, is set in a gold ring. The shoulders are in the form of mermaids holding anchors whose tails intertwine to complete the shank. Large fish accompany the mermaids. The ring was shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and then bought by Henry Walters, an enthusiastic yachtsman.
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Document identity
localId
5355
label
Nautical Ring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
9
Source metadata
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5355
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Nautical Ring
description
A large aquamarine, with its table engraved to show a bell and a compass, is set in a gold ring. The shoulders are in the form of mermaids holding anchors whose tails intertwine to complete the shank. Large fish accompany the mermaids. The ring was shown at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and then bought by Henry Walters, an enthusiastic yachtsman.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1893, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1893
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
finger rings
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9
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9
source
import
dimensionsRaw
W: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Makers mark]: [Globe superimposed over a T]
med
gold, aquamarine
creator_ids
3561
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EAN
JWL
exhibition_ids
1954
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2227
2513
2704
3300
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