Costumes and jewelry
Mourning Ring
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- Date
- ca. 1743
- Accession number
- 2000.25.63
- Maker
- William Homes, Sr.(Opens in new tab) (American, 1716–1783)
- Dimensions
- 11/16 in. (1.8 cm.)
- Medium
- gold
- Description
- Gold bereavement band, inner surface flared; outer surface with five champleve, blue enameled scrolls joined with pairs of small c-scrolls; symbols withih champleve panels: death's head, shovel and pick, winged hourglass, coffin, and crown with stars; blue, hexagonal saphire set in a bezel, backed with sold gold-rayed settings.
- Credit
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Peter Emerson Marble
