Mourning Ring Maker: Adrian Bancker (American, 1703–1772)
Honorand: Gov. Jonathan Belcher, American, 1682–1757

1757

American Decorative Arts

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

Gold

Dimensions

3/16 × 7/8 in. (0.48 × 2.22 cm, 4 g)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1936.170

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Perhaps a member of the Ogden family of New York. Robert Ensko, New York, New York; sold to Francis P. Garvan (1875-1937), New York, New York; gift 1936 to 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. 80, no. 505
  • Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, 1700–1860, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1963), 43, no. 104
  • V. Isabelle Miller, Silver by New York Makers, Late 17th Century to 1900, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1937), 2, no. 11
  • John Marshall Phillips, "Additions to the Garvan Collection of Silver," Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University 8, no. 1 (June 1937), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

mourning rings

Marks

"AB" [Roman] in relief within oval on inside surface of ring.

Inscriptions

"Govr. Belcher obt 31 Augt 1757 Æ 76" engraved inside.

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