Ring

29-221-139

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-221-139
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Islamic | Indian
Provenience India
Date Made 18th Century - 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze | Glass | Silver
Technique Incised
Description

Signet ring. Glass over silver oval set in bronze. Incised lettering.

Sommerville list: "Small ring with white glass stone / Silver, Talismanic ring, containing the 108th surah of the Koran. Musselman, India."

Outside Diameter 2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 139 - Sommerville Number

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