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Object NameArcher's Thumb Ring

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1850-1950

Place MadeChina

Techniqueprobably cut from a tube, ground, cased, carved

SizeOverall H: 2.35 cm, Diam: 2.75 cm

Accession Number51.6.202

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionArcher's Thumb Ring. Colorless "camphor" or "snowflake" glass and red overlay; probably cut from a tube, ground, cased with red, carved and engraved. Tubular shape; both rims rounded with red borders; in both rims, at corresponding points above and below the coin-like motifs, there are triangular chippings in the red casing; cut design of four coin-like medallions, in red, each inscribed with two characters and further delicately engraved with detail; the colorless ground engraved with an all-over fret pattern.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951