- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0172 a,b
- Description
- Two, gaudy, baroque, gold rings with purple and red stones. (a) four purple stones surrounding large, oval, facet cut, synthetic ruby at centre. Setting beneath, heavily encrusted with tiny gold finials and knobs. Stones at sides are rough ovals, smoothly polished and opaque zircons. Stones above a…
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- Title
- Ring
- Date
- 1900 – 1935
- Material
- metal; stone
- Dimensions
- 1.7 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
- Description
- Two, gaudy, baroque, gold rings with purple and red stones. (a) four purple stones surrounding large, oval, facet cut, synthetic ruby at centre. Setting beneath, heavily encrusted with tiny gold finials and knobs. Stones at sides are rough ovals, smoothly polished and opaque zircons. Stones above and below are irregular, facet cut, and transparent blue grey colour. 14k gold band is incised with circular pattern around back. Interior band smooth all around, widening at front to hold gold encrustation . (b) six small blue grey transparent stones surrounding large, round, smoothly domed synthetic ruby at centre, gold encrusted as (a) with gold rays radiating around ruby. Three small, irregular, triangular, facet cut stones each side of central ruby. Ring oval shaped, back band smooth with gadrooned edges. Interior of ring has gold, foil-like backing all around.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- adornment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0172 a,b
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