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Gorham Manufacturing Company

1893 World's Fair Ring,

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company

Title

1893 World's Fair Ring

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silver

Techniques

  • silver

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marked on exterior: RECUERDO / 1492 / ESPOSICION DE CHICAGO / DE LA 1893 / ELANILLO / YSABEL.
Marked on interior: GORHAM MFG CO / REGISTERED [lion] [anchor] G STERLING / 1892 / 6 1/2.

Type

  • Jewelry

Credit

Gift of Kathryn S. Smyth

Object Number

2016.34

1893 World's Fair Ring

Gorham Silver Designing Brilliance 1850-1970

Marked on exterior: RECUERDO / 1492 / ESPOSICION DE CHICAGO / DE LA 1893 / ELANILLO / YSABEL.
Marked on interior: GORHAM MFG CO / REGISTERED [lion] [anchor] G STERLING / 1892 / 6 1/2.

Publications

Jewelry from the Decorative Arts and Design Collection

Read Online

Gorham Silver Designing Brilliance 1850-1970

Exhibition History

Gorham Silver

May 3 - December 1, 2019
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is 1893 World's Fair Ring with the accession number of 2016.34. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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