the
lid there appears beneath an oval surface, on which is enameled a heart
with the motto : " Pour vous seule " (For you alone). The inner side of
the lid is hollowed out so as to serve as a receptacle for hair. The
hoop, of a ribbon-like form, bears the significant inscription: " Sous
le masque la vérité " (Beneath the mask is truth). This ring, which
belonged to the famous Viennese tragedienne, Charlotte Wolter, is of
French workmanship and dates from about 1800. A whimsical gold ring in
the collection has a plain hoop, to which the figure of a little mouse,
wrought in gold, is looped by the tail so that it slips around the
circlet. Another gold ring of singular design is one having a diamond
in a silver setting about which are three rubies in gold settings ;
between the rubies are three playing cards in enamel. The hoop is of
openwork with two playing cards and two ovals ; a section of reddish
gold that has been added to it, indicates that the ring was enlarged at
some time from its original size.34
A
decoration of a somewhat unusual type appears in a ring to be seen in
the Cleveland Museum of Art, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Homer Wade. It
has for its adornment a minute landscape painting, in place of a
precious stone or seal decoration.35 This might be a
suggestion to those who may wish to bear with them a pretty reminder of
their favorite country home, or else of some scene that is associated
with exceptionally happy memories.
A symbolic ring recently designed and executed in New York artfully combines a number of significant
34 Communicated by L. Weininger, of Vienna
35 The
Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, June 6
to September 20, 1916, Cleveland, 1916, p. 68, No. 109.
