Enameled Gold and Diamond Ring

Description This elaborate diamond ring represents the highly embellished settings popular during the 16th century. A large triangular diamond is framed by three smaller ones; the hoop's interior is decorated with an enameled pattern, while the outside is entirely covered with a band of table-cut diamonds.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/15/1982	Treatment	examined for condition
6/16/1982	Examination	examined for technical study

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
• Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009.
• Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters