Summary
18 carat gold dress ring with amethyst, pearl and citrine made by Lamborn & Wagner, Melbourne, Victoria, circa 1865.
Women's dress rings from this time are quite rare as the majority of surviving women's rings made in Australia between the 1850s and 1900s are typically wedding bands.
Physical Description
Gold ring featuring two parallel rows: one set with four equally sized pearls and three graduated amethysts, the other offset with three graduated citrines and four equally sized pearls.
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community, Engineering, Working Life & Trades
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Acknowledgement
Collection created by Trevor Hancock and Mark Dale.
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Maker
Lamborn & Wagner, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1865
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Inscriptions
"L&W" "18c" "Rd 101225"
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Object Dimensions
22 mm (Width), 22 mm (Depth), 8 mm (Height)
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