An opal frog ring, 'Remember Your Promise', by Kevin Coates,

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Lot 109
An opal frog ring, 'Remember Your Promise',
by Kevin Coates, 2005
£ 8,000 - 12,000
US$ 10,000 - 16,000

Fine Jewellery

24 Sep 2015, 12:00 BST

London, New Bond Street
Lot Details
An opal frog ring, 'Remember Your Promise', by Kevin Coates, 2005
The frog's textured body and webbed feet clinging to a crown-shaped bezel engraved with the legend 'Remember Your Promise', its back inlaid with a triangular-shaped cabochon black opal, the eyes set with opal beads, signed Coates and dated, ring size K

Footnotes

  • The work of British artist, goldsmith and musician Kevin Coates (b.1955) may be found in private and public collections worldwide, including The V&A, the British Museum, the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in London and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Sir Roy Strong praises his work for its "complexity, astonishing technical virtuosity, sophistication of allusion and unashamed richness".

    The fairytale of The Princess and the Frog inspired the design of this ring. In the well known fable, a spoiled princess plays by a pool and carelessly drops her golden ball into its depths. To stop her crying a frog dives in and rescues it on condition she takes him to live with her in the palace where he might share her meals and sleep on her pillow. Only after she "remembers her promise" to the seemingly distasteful amphibian is an evil spell broken and the frog transformed into a handsome prince. This ring is illustrated and described in "Kevin Coates, A Hidden Alchemy. Goldsmithing: Jewels and Table-Pieces", Stuttgart, 2008, No 389.
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