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Gold ring with moveable interlocking hands holding a heart. Each piece (hands, heart) is mounted on a separate gold band. The three bands are soldered together at the center base of the hoops.
rings (jewelry)
gold (metal)
Ring
"Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love from Historic New England": The hands on this ring open and close over a golden heart. Colonial Americans called them heart-in-hand rings for that reason.
906
Unknown
1/4 (W), 13/16 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. John H. Edwards
1921.341
Pictured in Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): Plate 7.
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