Description
Fashioned from two strands of silver twisted together, such rings frequently are called "ring-money," indicating their dual function as jewelry and money.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
6/09/1959
Examination
other
8/06/1979
Treatment
cleaned; coated
8/06/1979
Examination
examined for condition
6/01/1983
Examination
examined for loan
6/14/1983
Loan Consideration
examined for loan
4/19/1984
Treatment
cleaned
5/24/1984
Treatment
cleaned; coated
Exhibitions
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Objects of Adornment: Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 1984-1987.
Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery and the Zucker Family Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987.
Provenance
Donat, Paris; Alistair Bradley Martin, Long Island; Ralph M. Chait, New York; gift to the Walters Art Museum, 1954, by Ralph M. Chait.
