Mourning Ring | Yale University Art Gallery

1758

Not on view

Medium: Gold with red pigment and hair
Dimensions: Diam. 7/8 × W. 3/16 in. (2.2 × 0.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan
Accession Number: 1940.553
Geography: Probably made in Massachusetts
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Mrs. John Hill 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. 310, no. 527

Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, 1700–1860, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1963), 44, no. 112

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

mourning rings

Unmarked

Inscribed "E. Gatchel ob 24 Iune 1758 AE 22" on inside of band.

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