ca. 1840
GUSN-50483
Memorial or mourning ring comprised of a twisted wire style open work band with oval of braided hairwork under crystal at center, surrounded by faceted, graduated, black stones increasing and decreasing in size in opposite of each other.
rings (jewelry)
metal
hairwork jewelry
quartz crystal
RING
Engraved on back. center of stone and hairwork center in script: "Remember / A Friend / A.P."
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.533
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