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Design for Emerald Ring
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A design for an emerald and diamond ring, hand-drawn and painted on tissue mounted on a card. The design, labeled 4-B, is identified as Michelson and dated. The card was used as a sales sample for the artist's jewelry business, founded by his father, Ferdinand Hotz.
February 20, 1952
Hotz, Ferdinand Leonard, Chicago, Illinois
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WHi 104101
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