U Ring

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Object Name: 
Ring in Original Packaging
Title: 
U Ring
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number: 
2011.6.1
Dimensions: 
Overall Th: 0.8 cm, W: 2.5 cm, D: 2.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2003
Credit Line: 
Anonymous Gift
Primary Description: 
(a) Transparent ruby red Bullseye glass, titanium; flameworked, assembled. U-shaped titanium ring with cylindrical ruby red glass pillar-shaped bar. (b) Original packaging consisting of colorless hard acrylic cubic reservoir, plastic sleeve, and paper insert inscribed, "BLANCHE TILDEN / WWW.BLANCHETILDEN.COM.AU".

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Anonymous Source
2011-07-01
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
ruby
Technique: 
assembling
Flameworked
Material: 
glass
titanium
Inscription: 
BLANCHE TILDEN / WWW.BLANCHETILDEN.COM.AU
inscription
: 
Printed (b) paper insert
07 BT M
signature
: 
Stamped (a) inside of titanium ring