Silver Ring with Flattened Hoop

Description The hoop is flattened to produce a flat, diamond-shaped bezel engraved with a sphinx and swan with spread wings in a hatched border ending in palmettes. A break and mend are visible running through the middle of the bezel.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/01/1971	Treatment	cleaned
12/07/1978	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Joseph Brummer, New York [Yugoslavian treasure]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927