American Decorative Arts
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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
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
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.