Ring

The diamonds were taken from the engagement ring of Ann Stringer Dawson in 1912. She married James Arden Grant (1885-1973) in December 1913. James Arden Grant was a member of the Royal Society of British Portrait Painters, the Royal Society of Painter Etchers and Engravers, and was also President of the Pastel Society from 1945 for some years. When he had the ring remounted in 1932, he was teaching part time at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, of which he became Vice Principal. Henry George Murphy was Principal of the School when James Grant asked him to reset his wife's engagement ring in a more fashionable manner. H.G. Murphy was one of the leading silversmiths of the first half of t

Ring · London · 1932. Platinum set with brilliant-cut diamonds, the diamonds in a textured setting.. By Murphy, Harry George. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.