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| Keywords: English - Bishop's Ring - Walters 57481 - View A.jpg This elaborate bishop's ring has the typical combination of a gold setting with a single large stone in this case malachite The gold is decorated with openwork eagles animal heads and floral elements The malachite is probably meant to resemble toadstone a green stone said to be found on the head of a toad and believed to have healing qualities These rings had to be large as bishops normally wore them over gloves on the third finger of the right hand century 13 Medieval gold and malachite cm 3 18 3 18 accession number 57 481 22345 Sale Joseph Brummer New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Transcription AVE MARIA GR/ATIA PLENA D/; Translation Hail Mary full of grace Exhibition of Gold Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland 1947-1948 The Medieval Craftsman and His Modern Counterpart Indiana University Art Museum Bloomington; Newcomb Art Gallery Tulane University New Orleans 1959 World of Wonder Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum en Frist Center for the Visual Arts Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Medieval metalwork in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Gothic art in the United Kingdom Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Bishop rings | ||||
