Ring | Yale University Art Gallery

1830–40

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Gold, hair
Dimensions: 13/16 × 3/16 in. (2.06 × 0.56 cm, 3 g)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan
Accession Number: 1940.550
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Leila A. Morgan, to 1940; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver in the Yale University Art Gallery, 2 vols. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1970), vol. 1, p. 312, no. 537

Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, 1700–1860, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1963), 46, no. 126

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

finger rings

Unmarked

Inscribed "CT" gothic capitals on outside within oval panel.

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