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Ring

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-50483

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rings (jewelry)
metal
hairwork jewelry
quartz crystal
RING

Inscription

Engraved on back. center of stone and hairwork center in script: "Remember / A Friend / A.P."

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.533

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