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Object NameArcher's Thumb Ring

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1850-1950

Place MadeChina

Techniqueprobably cut from a tube, ground and carved

SizeOverall H: 2.5 cm, Diam: 3 cm

Accession Number51.6.199

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionArcher's Thumb Ring. Slightly translucent grayish-white glass; probably cut from a tube, ground and carved. Tubular shape; upper rim ground flat; cut design with two conventionalized hydras with tails interlaced, a tiny dot between them instead of the usual sacred jewel; lower rim rounded; interior surface smooth.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951

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