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Object NameArcher's Thumb Ring

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1850-1950

Place MadeChina

Techniqueprobably cut from a tube, ground, cased and carved

SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, Diam: 2.8 cm

Accession Number51.6.201

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionArcher's Thumb Ring. Translucent colorless "camphor" or "snowflake" glass and red overlay; probably cut from a tube, ground, cased and carved. Tubular shape; both rims ground flat and rimmed with red; cut design of two horses, one standing, one recumbent, in a landscape of pine trees and plants; interior surface smooth.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951

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