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Gold mourning ring, braided hair set under glass with seed pearl border.
mourning rings
rings (jewelry)
glass (material)
Ring
"T. Sprett / 1797" (Engraved)
Original to Merwin House (Stockbridge, Mass.),
542
Unknown
Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin
1966.2280
For more information on mourning jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 657-710; Deutsch, Davida Tenebaum, "Jewelry for mourning, love, and fancy, 1770-1830," "The Magazine Antiques" (April 1999): 566-575; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 23-31.
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