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Gold ring with scrolled engraving on shoulders and set with oval sardonyx cameo of bird holding a twig of leaves in its mouth.
rings (jewelry)
finger rings
RING
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
832
Unknown
1/2 in (W), 3/4 in (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3612
For information on cameos see Bennett, David and Daniela Mascetti, "Understanding Jewellery," (1989); Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 215-232; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 227-236; Miller, Anna M. "Cameos Old & New," 3rd Edition (2005).
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