Stirrup-Type Ring

Description This elegant gold stirrup-shaped ring, set with a small sapphire, was found near Botesdale, Suffolk.

Exhibitions

• World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972.
• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Collections of Warne, England, ca. 1830; John Hunt, Dublin [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1969, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1969