After 34 years the cover of the launching slips of half of the ring was finished, to the left and right of the "Palco del Príncipe"; being easily viewed from the cathedral and the Giralda it was reflected in a great number of stamps of the time. By 1868 the "Palco de la Diputación" was in such a lamentable state that Italian sculptor Augusto Franchy undertook the improvement himself, building a new area with a marble balustrade and the crest of the "Real Maestranza de Caballería". The construction of five balconies to each side of the "Palco de la Diputación" was also added where the ring's clock is currently situated. The construction of the ring was completed in 1881; two thirds was constructed in stone, with the remainder in wood.