Signet Ring

Description Signet rings were used for impressing one's personal mark, like a signature, on the wax seal applied to a letter or other document. The signet on this ring depicts a shield with a rampant lion with a flute in its mouth. Above the shield are the initials S K. The sides of the ring are engraved with images of a man and a woman (probably husband and wife) in secular dress of the time.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/22/1979	Examination	examined for condition
6/12/1984	Treatment	other

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 Melvin Gutman Collection Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 15, 1970, Part V, lot 121; Mrs. Ruth Blumka, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by purchase.

Inscriptions [Transcription] S K

Credit Museum purchase, 1979