- Brief description
- Serpent ring owned by Catherine Dickens and Georgina Hogarth
- Label
- A turquoise, gold, diamond and ruby serpent ring gifted to Catherine Dickens by the artist and famous dandy, Count D'Orsay around the 1840s. D'Orsay was a good friend of the family. Catherine bequeathed the ring to her sister Georgina Hogarth in her will. The ring is contained in a small case.
- Collection
- Object
- Object number
- DH728
- Object type
- ring
- Production date
- c.1840
- Credit line
- Purchased in 2002 with support from the Art Fund.
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