Mourning Ring | Yale University Art Gallery

1758

Medium: Gold, glass, and black enamel
Dimensions: 1 × 7/8 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm)
band width: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Silsbee Whitwell
Accession Number: 1939.560
Geography: Made in Massachusetts
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Jewelry
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Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Silsbee Whitwell; gift 1939 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),

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

mourning rings

Unmarked

"JOS:PRINCE/OB:21:JAN/1758:AET:64" in gold letters within black enamel, on front of scrolls.

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