Ring, Signet
- Object Name:
- Ring, Signet
- Object ID:
- 1995.611.11
- Description:
- Signet ring, brass or silver. Light reddish-tan oval stone. Cabochon style. Shaped like a finger ring with brass mount and brass ring. Ring loop irregular in diameter. Ring loop wire: 0.9 mm diameter. Polished surface relief profile of man with short curly hair. Some small fine-wire decorations wrapped around finger loop near mount on both sides. Stone is probably carnelian, a variety of chalcedony.
- Material:
- Metal
Stone
Brass
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-2.11 W-2.32 D-1.97 cm Weight-2.5 gr
- Provenance:
- Probably part of a group of stone seals with classical motifs, presumably from the collection of Guy Lowell (1870-1927) of Boston, donated by his wife, Henrietta S. Lowell (1874-1953). See 1929.009.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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