Sculptural ring with coral. Silver, 18 ct yellow gold. Technically inspired ring with stepped ribbed profiled shoulders. Transverse rectangular ring head gold-set with a plate of orange Mediterranean coral (corallium rubrum), flanked by two domed onyx bars. Stamped: Small Paris guarantee for silver fineness 800 "tête de sanglier", since 1838 (Tardy, Silver, 199), maker's mark "JD". Ring head 1.5 x 2.4 cm. Ring size 54. Weight 15.44 g. Jean Després, Paris, ca. 1935.