Ring
(Jewelry)
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Amelia A. Muller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1950, by gift.
Exhibitions
1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Amelia A. Muller, in memory of her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Clay Muller, 1950
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1838