Unknown
(Maker)
Gold. The hoop formed as a double string with knots on the shoulders. Twin bezels, set with struck gold medallets: left obverse, head of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, facing to the right; right obverse, Queen Victoria, facing to the left, inscribed 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Both reverses, royal crown and inscription 'MARRIED FEB 10 1840'.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs J. Hull Grundy
Height: 2.2 cm
Width: 2.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1983)
by
Hull Grundy, J., Mrs
Victoria I
Circa
1840
-
1850
Accession number: M.9-1983
Primary reference Number: 119193
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Ring"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/119193 Accessed: 2022-08-09 03:04:20
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