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Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone
Catalogue Number
103.01.0178
Description
A signet ring with white, reversed "RR" on black surface. Plain gold band with 1.5 x 1.3 flat, rectangular seal at front. Seal of white and black banded agate. Reversed initials in Gothic script carved through upper black surface to white band beneath, showing as white on black. Interior of ring sm…
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Title
Signet Ring
Date
1875 – 1925
Material
metal; stone
Dimensions
1.6 x 2.3 x 2.5 cm
Description
A signet ring with white, reversed "RR" on black surface. Plain gold band with 1.5 x 1.3 flat, rectangular seal at front. Seal of white and black banded agate. Reversed initials in Gothic script carved through upper black surface to white band beneath, showing as white on black. Interior of ring smooth with heavy gold fitting for seal.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
Russell Robb
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0178
Images
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