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Source Description
This cast gold ring showing a mermaid embracing a satyr as well as a resting cupid is said to illustrate P. B. Shelley's poem "Love's Philosophy." The sculptor modeled the ring in wax and cast it using a suction pump to draw the molten gold into the mold.
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Document identity
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23780
label
Ring
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23780
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object
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normalized
title
Ring
description
This cast gold ring showing a mermaid embracing a satyr as well as a resting cupid is said to illustrate P. B. Shelley's poem "Love's Philosophy." The sculptor modeled the ring in wax and cast it using a suction pump to draw the molten gold into the mold.
provenance
Amelia A. Muller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1950, by gift.
date
1920s
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en
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rings
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Overall: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
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