<I>"Keel"</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1949
name: label: Created by
content: Art Smith, American, 1917 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This is the “Keel" ring designed and created by jeweler Art Smith. The sterling silver ring is made of one piece of silver. It has a large, diamond-shaped bridge, which is also one end of the band. The remaining band creates the base of the ring with the other end of the band vertically running through the diamond-shaped bridge. A movable, spherical, smoothly polished green jade is set between the crossroads of the ring’s ends/bridge. The ring has two hallmarks on the inside of the band, Smith’s signature [Art Smith] and [STERLI-].
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2023.12.20
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 jade
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 13/16 × 1 in. (3.5 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm)