Wedding Ring for Edward M. Allardice

Phillip Fike, Wedding Ring for Edward M. Allardice, 1971, yellow gold, 3⁄8 in. x 1 in. diam. (1.0 x 2.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Margheritta S. Allardice, 2002.74A-C

Artwork Details

Title
Wedding Ring for Edward M. Allardice
Artist
Date
1971
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3⁄8 in. x 1 in. diam. (1.0 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Margheritta S. Allardice
Mediums
Mediums Description
yellow gold
Classifications
Object Number
2002.74A-C
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2002.74A-C

Artwork Description

Margheritta and Edward Allardice, friends of the artist, commissioned him to design their wedding bands, a specialty of the artist in the 1960s and 1970s. All of Philip Fike’s rings come apart and reassemble in only one way. This ring is actually three separate bands, which when worn together form the ring’s distinctive design.

Works by this artist (4 items)

James Surls, Black and White Tipped Flower, 1982, burnt white oak, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift in honor of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin from her friends, 1986.52
Black and White Tipped Flower
Artist
Date1982
burnt white oak
On view
James Surls, Sea Flower, drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1977.47.77
Sea Flower
Artist
drawing
Not on view
James Surls, Me, the Axe, and the Wand, 1982, pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barbara and Donald Zale in honor of George and Julie Tobolowsky and James and Charmaine Surls, 2005.27A-D, © 1982, James Surls
Me, the Axe, and the Wand
Artist
Date1982
pine, mahogany, oak, hickory and rattan
Not on view
James Surls, Sea Flower, 1978, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 1977.47.76
Sea Flower
Artist
Date1978
pencil on paper
Not on view

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