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Ring

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1900-1940

GUSN

GUSN-101410

Description

This ring is embellished with a pair of doves set with diamond chips in white gold. The doves are arranged beak-to-beak, with sprigs of green and red-enameled foliage surrounding them. The foliage and shank of the ring are yellow gold. The ring was modified at a later date to fit a smaller finger with a sizing bar.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rings (jewelry)
gold (metal)
white gold
enamel (fused coating)
Ring

Additional Identification Number

856

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5/8 (W), 13/16 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather

Accession Number

1993.879

Reference Notes

The Fayerweather Family Papers and The Fayerweather Family Photographs, Massachusetts Historical Society. (see Fayerweather accession file for a description of these collections). The best information on the Fayerweather family is in John B. Carney, "In Search of Fayerweather: the Fayerweather Family of Boston," parts 1-3, "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 144, no. 1 (January 1990): 3-21: 144, no. 2 (April 1990): 151-168; 145, no. 1 (January 1991): 57-55.

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