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One of the most important British artist jewellers and designers of the post war period, she  has worked in paper, acrylic and precious metals. She trained as a textile designer and illustrator  at Newcastle upon Tyne College of Art and Industrial Design from 1956-60 and then at Reading  University where she met her husband, jeweller and designer David Watkins. She completed  post-graduate studies at the Central School of Art and Design in 1969 and her work was acquired  for the Goldsmiths Company collection by Graham Hughes. She became a freewoman (one of  the first two women to be admitted) and later Lady Liveryman of the Goldsmiths Company and  was awarded an OBE in 1993 and a CBE in 2003. \r\n\r\nWendy Ramshaw’s earliest jewellery was made of paper or acrylic. This gold and pearl ring was  made in 1965 and is one of her first pieces of jewellery in precious metal. It was bought from the  Crafts Centre of Great Britain for £5 5s by Marion Maule, who was then secretary at the Brewing  Industry Research Foundation in Reigate. She bought the ring whilst in London for a dentist trip  and spent her week’s food money on it. The textured gold surface of the ring contrasts with the polished surface of Wendy Ramshaw's later work but the  abstract geometric design suggests some of the themes which she subsequently explored. Although the ring is not hallmarked, luckily the donor kept the original receipt from the Crafts Centre. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Wide gold band with a hammered finish. The front of the band comprises of a group of gold globules of varying sizes which have been soldered to the band and are loosely arranged around a high gold collet holding a pearl. 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