RING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AVON COSTUME JEWELRY
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- METAL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20080015000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- AVON COSTUME JEWELRY
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- METAL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.8
- Diameter
- 2.4
- Description
- SILVER-COLOURED METAL RING, FAKE PEARL BORDERED BY LEAF DESIGN, LEAVES SET WITH SEQUINS. "AVON" STAMP ON INSIDE OF RING. RING DEFORMED AND HEAVILY SOILED.
- Subjects
- ADORNMENT
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- KRIS BUTLER FOUND THE RING ON MAY 8TH, 2008, WHILE METAL DETECTING IN HIS BACKYARD (322 COLUMBIA BLVD. W.), IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. THE RING WAS BURIED UNDER THREE INCHES OF SOIL. BUTLER HAD JUST MOVED TO THE NEW LOCATION, AND MAKES A HABIT OF DETECTING EACH NEW HOME HE MOVES TO. THROUGH METAL DETECTING FORUMS AND HIS OWN RESEARCH, BUTLER CONCLUDED THAT THE RING IS AN AVON'S COSTUME JEWELRY RING, AND WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AS EARLY AS THE 1920S. BUTLER HAS BEEN METAL DETECTING SINCE 2006. HIS INTEREST IN DETECTING IS THE DISCOVERY OF LOST ITEMS OF HISTORICAL AND MONETARY VALUE. BUTLER'S DECISION TO DONATE THE RING WAS RELATED TO HIS DESIRE TO REINVIGORATE INTEREST IN LOCAL HISTORY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P20080015000
- Acquisition Date
- 2008-06
- Collection
- Museum
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