Smith, H. Clifford (Harold Clifford), 1876-1960 · London : Methuen and co · leaf 379
the were employcQ by Cosimo (d. ^•^^^•^ 1464); Piero took one diamond ring held in the claw of a falcon; Lorenzo continuedthe device of the ring, in which he placed three feathers.The best-known representations of these three devicesare figured in Paolo Giovios Dialogo dell imprese. In addition to… … RENAISSANCE RINGS ments in relief and richly enamelled ; while for smoothsurfaces champleve enamel was employed in a varietyof designs. So extraordinarily elaborate is the workon some of these rings that it would almost seem as ifthey were produced rather as examples of the skill of thecraftsman…
Jewelry
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