LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: ring

Serpent Ring (Primary Title) Unknown (Artist) Date: 3rd century BC Culture: Greek (Macedonian) Category: Jewelry Medium: gold Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm) Object Number: 65.43.3 Little is known about how specific types of jewelry were worn in antiquity. Archaeological finds from the Roman period, several centuries after this ring was made, indicated that serpent rings were almost invariably worn on the third finger of the right hand. Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-12952667

Title: Gold ring with intaglio of Kassandra Medium; Technique: Gold Culture: Greek Period: Classical Date: ca. 400–380 B.C. Dimensions: H. of bezel 13/16 in. (2 cm) Classification: Gems Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1953 Accession Number: 53.11.2 Description: This heavy gold ring is decorated with a depiction of Kassandra, King Priam's most beautiful daughter, before the Palladion, the cult statue of Athena in Troy. The reversed lettering of Kassandra's name indicates that the ring was intended to be used as a seal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th–3rd century b.c.; Hellenistic Greek Gold 63/64 x 47/64 in. (25 x 18.7 mm) Funds from various donors, 1910 (10.132.1) The face of this ring is engraved with the head of Alexander the Great in the guise of Herakles. The Macedonian ruler wears the skin of the Nemean lion drawn up over his head and tied in a knot around his neck. This representation of Alexander, which was also struck on coins during the ruler's lifetime, reinforced his claim of divine descent from Herakles. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/10.132.1

Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans The cockpit brings the cruel sport of cock fighting vividly to mind—bets were placed on the birds, and they fought to the death. The 17th Century cock pit was taken from a pub yard at the Hawk & Buckle, Denbigh. Text from: www.britainexpress.com/wales/cardiff/museum-welsh-life.htm and www.geograph.org.uk/photo/138629?style=black

Museum of Welsh Life, St. Fagans The cockpit brings the cruel sport of cock fighting vividly to mind—bets were placed on the birds, and they fought to the death. The 17th Century cock pit was taken from a pub yard at the Hawk & Buckle, Denbigh. Text from: www.britainexpress.com/wales/cardiff/museum-welsh-life.htm and www.geograph.org.uk/photo/138629?style=black

Ring with a Tortoise Motif on a Circular Bezel Accession # 1998.544.290 All of the gold objects in this case are from the Indonesian island of Java and date to the Central Javanese period , 8th-early 10th century. Except as noted, they are from the Samuel Eilenberg-Jonathan P. Rosen Collection of Indonesian Gold, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg and Gift of Jonathan P. Rosen, 1998. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title/Object Name: Intaglio Ring with Two Figures Culture: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara) Date: ca. 1st century B.C. Medium: Bronze Dimensions: W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm) Classification: Jewelry Credit Line: Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998 Accession Number: 2000.284.22 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/asian_...

Gold Ring with a Cameo Glass Portrait of the Emperor Augustus Roman, 1st half of the 1st century AD Accession # 1995.85.1 Many such small decorative items were probably made as gifts for friends and supporters of Augustus and his dynasty. At the top end of the scale were real sardonyx cameos, made for those with close family ties, while at the other end were plain glass medallions, mass produced for distribution to soldiers in the imperial army, who wore them as phalerae (medallions) on their armor. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Gold and cameo glass ring Medium; Technique: Gold, glass Culture: Roman, Cypriot Period: Early or Mid-Imperial Date: 1st–2nd century A.D. Classification: Gems Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 Accession Number: 74.51.4244 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Gold ring Period: Late Classical or Hellenistic Date: late 4th or early 3rd century B.C. Culture: Etruscan Medium: Gold Dimensions: Diam.: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Classification: Gold and Silver Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1903 Accession Number: 03.24.34 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...