# ‘Crab’ Ring

- By: Lucien Gaillard (Paris, 1861–1942)
- Date: c. 1905 - c. 1906
- Medium: pearl, gold (metal)
- Classification: ring (sieraad)
- Dimensions: diameter 17 mm x weight 11.2 g
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Corrie Bleekemolen Juwelenfonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2022-27--c7c4a2fa7669834c8616e904d986eb28)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/KEiCB/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Lucien Gaillard was one of the leading French Art Nouveau jewellery artists. In terms of its shape, the powerful simplicity of this solid cast gold ring is typical of Gaillard’s nature-inspired designs. The pale pink natural pearl is pinched between the crab’s claws.