- Brief description
- Engagement ring given by Charles Dickens to Catherine Dickens
- Label
- This gold and turquoise ring was given by Charles Dickens to Catherine Dickens on their engagement in 1836. Charles Dickens described this ring in the novel 'David Copperfield' in the story when David gives an engagement ring to Dora: 'A pretty little toy, with its blue stones'.
- Collection
- object
- Object number
- DH451
- Object type
- ring
document - Production date
- 1836