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Intricate and colourful rings were known as <i>giardinetti</i>('little garden') or in England, as 'flowerpot'. They had tiny blossoms set with an assortment of precious stones, asymmetrically arranged in a basket, vase or pot.  They are characteristic of the light, delicate and sometimes asymmetric rococo style which was  fashionable in Europe.  The stones could be a mixture of coloured stones to simulate the shades of the flowers or just one stone.  It was usual  for diamonds to be set in silver at this date so that that the whiteness of the metal enhanced the diamond.\n\nThis ring forms part of a collection of 760 rings and engraved gems from the  collection of Edmund Waterton (1830-87).  Waterton  was one of the foremost ring collectors of the nineteenth century and  was the author of several articles on rings, a  book on English  devotion to the Virgin Mary and an unfinished catalogue of his  collection (the manuscript is now the National  Art Library). Waterton  was noted for his extravagance and financial troubles  caused him to place his collection in pawn with the  London jeweller Robert  Phillips. When he was unable to repay the loan,  Phillips offered to sell the collection to the Museum and  it was acquired in 1871. A  small group of rings which Waterton had  held back were acquired in 1899. 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