Mourning Ring for William Coleman (c. 1753-1787)

1787

Watercolor on ivory

7/8 × 7/16 in. (2.2 × 1.1 cm) other (ring): 13/16 in.(2.1 cm)

The John Marshall Phillips Collection

1957.22.2

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

American

Period:

18th century

Classification:

Miniatures - Jewelry

Provenance:

Walter M. Jeffords, Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania; gift 1957 to YUAG.

Bibliography:

Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, 1700–1860, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1963), 45, no. 120.

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. 2, p. 271, no. 1026.

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