<I>"Classic Translucency"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1967
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the “Classic Translucency" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The ring's wide and flat sterling silver band is open-ended at the base and has a large, oval shaped bridge. The large, grayish, translucent cabochon of chalcedony is smoothly polished into an oval shape. The chalcedony is vertically set in a bezel setting, encased in metal overlapping the edges of the gemstone. It is placed inside another metal setting created from a flattened and rounded piece of metal. There is a slight fold in the metal near one of the ends of the oval. The ring has one hallmark on the bridge, Smith’s signature [Art Smith].
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Ring by Art Smith
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Russell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.12.6
objectType: label: Type
content: finger rings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: sterling silver with chalcedony
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 7/8 × 1 in. (3.2 × 2.2 × 2.5 cm)