Ring (1300s): Art, History and Details
Ring at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1300s, gilded silver, sapphire. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Ring (1300s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Tradition holds that this ring was found in a garden in Winchester, England. In the 14th century, rings were worn in large numbers-four or five on one hand. The symbols of the sun and moon and the clasped hands found on this ring suggest a sentimental relationship between a man and a woman.
Object facts
- Title: Ring
- Date: 1300s
- Culture: England, 14th century
- Type: Jewelry
- Technique: gilded silver, sapphire
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
- Collection: MED - Gothic
- Department: Medieval Art
- Accession number: 1950.383
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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