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Wedding ring
Designed by: George Brooks (Canadian, 1925 – 2023)
1947–48
Object Place: Montreal, Canada
Medium/Technique
Silver, gold
Dimensions
Overall: 1.9 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm (3/4 x 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession Number2008.1339
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionThis modernist ring is a silver and gold band with gold and black patterning. The underlying substrate is made of silver and a layer of gold with pierce-work covers the center of the surface. The silver pattern is darkened with liver of sulphide to enhance the recessed design which consits of linear, rectangular shapes.
Marks
18K/brooks/STERLING
Provenance1947-1948, created by artist George Brooks, Montreal; gift from Brooks to the MFA (November 19, 2008)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.