Ring Box
Date1780-1800
Maker
C. S. Ive
OriginEngland, London
MediumLeather; wood; silk; velvet; paper; ink; copper alloy; modern steel pin in hinge
Credit LineBequest of Miss Martha B. D. Spotswood
Object number1981-134,B
DescriptionCylindrical wood-framed ring box with leather-covered exterior. Interior lined with with velvet and silk. The interior of the lid bearing a cut-out period trade card with printed crowned cartouche advertising "C. S. IVE / Goldsmith, Jeweller, & Watchmaker / 126 Cheapside / LONDON / JEWELLERY REPAIRED".
1745-1750
1794-1805
1785
1816
1827-1836
1798-1801
1725-1740
1764 (dated)
1800-1808
1790
1758
ca. 1797