Pair of Coiled Dress Rings by Sylvia Gammie

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Pair of Coiled Dress Rings

Artist Sylvia Gammie

Date1985

Object NameRing

Mediumplatinum and gold

ClassificationsJewellery

AcquisitionPurchased in 1995 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG008864

Keywords

About MeTwo platinum coiled dress rings. One is substantially wider than the other. The exterior of both has been worked to give mottled effect, and further decoration is provided by the inside of the coils being finished with gold strip finials. Both rings have a gold triangle which secures the coil and forms part of the top of the ring. The narrower ring has an elongated triangle compared to the wider ring and has a second triangle superimposed on it which is formed of a cut sapphire set into a platinum surround on the base of the gold triangle.

Sylvia Gammie was awarded a Commended Prize in the 1985 UK Platinum Award while she was studying at Gray's School of Art. The design was originally done in mixed-media, but the successful participants were awarded the materials to go on and create their designs in platinum and other precious metals. This ring, one of a set of two, is set with sapphire.

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This piece was initially designed in humbler materials but was remade in gold and platinum following Gammie's Commended Prize in the 1985 UK Platinum Award.