Gold & two colour diamonds

H  1.20cm (0.47 in)  |  W  1.85cm (0.73 in)

Superb Art Nouveau ring by Maison Vever. The hoop is chased with full-length figures of mermaids, their tails intwined.
Documented: Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, Thames & Hudson, translated by Katherine Purcell, page 1047 'Chased gold rings for Gentlemen'

Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 222
Diana Scarisbrick, Historic Rings, Four Thousand Years of Craftsmanship, 2004, illustrated p. 199, fig. 434.

Collections
The Hashimoto Collection of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Ref No   10010

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