RUTH BERRIDGE 1952-1960 Architectural Three Dimensional Ring In Sterling Silver
An architectural ring designed by Ruth Berridge (1921-2004).
This is an extraordinary architectural ring created in New York City by the studio-artist and silversmith Ruth Burridge, back in the early 1952 to 1960. This unique and one-of-a-kind ring is very rare and has been carefully hand crafted by the artist herself with very thin squared wires of fine .925/.999 sterling silver. The ring's concept is a three-dimensional engineering structure that create squares, triangles and rhomboids figures depending the viewing angles.
Country: New York City, United States.
Period: Mid Century, modern, 1952-1960.
Remarks: Post War, Space Era, Modular, Brutalism, Architectural, Dimensional.
Weight: 10.20 Grams, (6.55 Dwt).
Measurements: 42 mm by 42 mm by 40 mm, (1.65 x 1.65 x 1.57 Inches) and raise 20 mm over the finger.
Hallmarks: Stamped twice with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay and warranty of the .925/.999 sterling and signed as follows, "©BERRIDGE STERLING .925".
Ruth Berridge
She was a New York city modernist jewelry designer and was known for her work in silver. Ruth born in 1921 and was one of the premiere modernist jewelry designers in the 1950s. Her designs were produced for quite some time. She is most known for her modernist type work in silver yet did produce some pieces in gold. Her original sketches as well as jewelry is quite very rare today and hard to find.
Note: The following is an excerpt from an ad in the NEW YORKER, dated May 17th, 1952: “Excitingly different, these animated earrings are pure pleasure to wear. Light as a fairy’s touch, they lend an air of strange enchantment to the scene.” Ruth Berridges’ sometimes abstract expressionist, sometimes cubist designs rival the work of the best modernist artists. Perhaps her signature look can be considered the silver mobile jewelry, especially earrings that sway with the wearer’s movement. Handmade of sterling silver and spring wire, the delicately balanced mobiles were called modern sculpture in miniature and made with and without rhinestone or crystal accents. Ruth originated this design that was sold through Neiman Marcus as well as by such avant-garde shops as Design Research in New York; The Upper Story in Cambridge; and Nany's in San Francisco. Her mobile jewelry was once described as “eye-catching adornments which float in the air even when the wearer’s head is still and seem to have a life of their own.” Ruth herself said of her mobile earrings, “they behave like a flock of birds.".
Literature: Jewelry in Motion, MODERN SILVER magazine, Fall/Winter 2009-2010: Ruth Berridge, for other similar rings and jewelry.
Collateral: This geometric ring by Ruth Berridge is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box.
Condition: The overall condition of this geometric ring by Ruth Berridge is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the sterling This ring was carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and authenticity.
INVENTORY REF: R110925RNNB/.3024
