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American Decorative Arts
Maker: Benjamin Lemaire, American, born 1785
Poesy ring
ca. 1805
Gold
1/16 × 3/4 in. (0.16 × 1.91 cm)
John Marshall Phillips Collection
1958.98.4
Geography:
Made in United States
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
Walter M. Jeffords, Glen Riddle, Pa., to 1958; 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. 2, p. 230, no. 906.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.