Mourning Ring Maker: Benjamin Pierpont (1730–1797)
Honorand: Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith, American, 1708–1776

1776

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Gold with glass and enamel

Dimensions

15/16 × 7/8 × 1/4 in. (2.4 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm)
band width: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward A. Harriman and Julie L. Andrews

Accession Number

1941.316

Geography

Possibly made in Connecticut

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Elizabeth Scott Williams Smith; her brother-in-law, Col. Israel Williams, Hartford, CT; gift in 1941 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. 311, no. 530
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

mourning rings

Marks

Unmarked

Inscriptions

"·ELIZA·/·SMITH. / OB:13:JUNE / 1776 Æ:68." in gold letters within black enamel, on front of scrolls.

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