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The Sabbatai Ring
Designer: Ricketts, Charles de Sousy
Gold, set with a cabochon star sapphire, the hollow interior containing a loose emerald. The shoulders of the ring are each pierced by four long tapering holes, and the bezel is in the form of a mosque with tower-like buttresses, four pierced doorways, each with a sloping roof and two arched windows above. The dome is formed by the cabochon star sapphire, and inside is a loose emerald. The doors were originally smeared with ambergris.
History note: Designed and commissioned by Charles Ricketts for Miss Bradley. Given to her by Ricketts on 5th February, 1904.
Bequeathed by Miss Katherine H. Bradley
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1914) by Bradley, Katherine H., Miss
20th Century, Early
Edwardian
Production date:
AD 1904
: The wax model for the ring was completed on 8 January, 1904 and the ring was given to Miss Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) by Ricketts on 5 February 1904.
Ricketts promised to make a ring for Miss Bradley in December 1903. The form was inspired by the story of Sabbatai Sebi (1626-76), a Jewish mystic, who having proclaimed himself Messiah in Jerusalem, was later converted to Islam. It represents the mosque of Omar, and was intended to appeal to the five senses. See Documentation, Scarisbrick, 1982.
Bezel
composed of
star sapphire
( cabochon)
On Doors
composed of
ambergris
Loose Inside
composed of
emerald
Shank
composed of
gold
Accession number: M/P.1-1914
Primary reference Number: 93551
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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