Ring (J147)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Martha Gumn

Title

Ring

Made in

London

Date

1981

Description

Mild steel ring inlaid with silver and red gold.

Materials and techniques

Mild steel inlaid with silver and red gold. Made from circles sawn out of steel sheet. Slots sawn from the outside towards the centre of the circle, and a thin sheet of silver or sandwich of metals hammered into the slots. These are soldered to the steel and the emiddle cut away to leave a ring. The edges are filed smooth and the whole polished.

Dimensions

diameter:  3cm

Object number

J147

Category