Tiffany & Co. Art Deco Gold and Amethyst Commemorative Hunter College NY Golden Jubilee Ring
14k yellow gold Hunter College NY Commemorative Golden Jubilee ring, set with oval cabochon cut amethyst, measuring 11 x 7 mm, carved depicting head of Minerva on one side with inscription "Mihi Cura Futuri" ("The care of the future is mine") and armorial shield with date '1870' and inscription "Sigcoll Hunter Nov Ebor"; inside inscription with date 1931; marked Tiffany & Co. and 14k on the inside; overall weight 7.9 gm.
Hunter College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, , an American public university.
Hunter was founded in 1870 as a women's college; it first admitted male freshmen in 1946. The main campus has been located on Park Avenue since 1873. In 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated Franklin Delano Roosevelt's and her former townhouse to the college; the building was reopened in 2010 as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.
The college is the only one in the nation whose roster of alumni includes two female Nobel laureates in medicine.
View it on
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
14k yellow gold Hunter College NY Commemorative Golden Jubilee ring, set with oval cabochon cut amethyst, measuring 11 x 7 mm, carved depicting head of Minerva on one side with inscription "Mihi Cura Futuri" ("The care of the future is mine") and armorial shield with date '1870' and inscription "Sigcoll Hunter Nov Ebor"; inside inscription with date 1931; marked Tiffany & Co. and 14k on the inside; overall weight 7.9 gm.
Hunter College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, , an American public university.
Hunter was founded in 1870 as a women's college; it first admitted male freshmen in 1946. The main campus has been located on Park Avenue since 1873. In 1943, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated Franklin Delano Roosevelt's and her former townhouse to the college; the building was reopened in 2010 as the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College.
The college is the only one in the nation whose roster of alumni includes two female Nobel laureates in medicine.
Sale price
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
Similar Items
