Accession Nr.: 66.76.1
Date of production:
ca. 1880
Place of production: Austria (presumably)
Techniques: engraved decoration
Dimensions:
diameter: 2,5 cm
weight: 8,40 g
The ring is plain, with a round section, decorated with a spread acanthus leaf on each side. The head is rectangular, coffin-shaped, with a scrolling decoration at the top. The bottom conceals a hollow case, in which a pipe-like key is hidden. Moving on hinges, the case can be folded out of the head.

Literature

  • a kiállítást rendezte: Batári Ferenc, Vadászi Erzsébet: Historizmus és eklektika. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1992. - Nr. 465. (Békési Éva)