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Mourning ring for Katherine Amory
1777
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold; enamel
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 2.1cm (13/16in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.868
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionGold band, curved inside, beaded edges, black enamel.
Inscriptions"KATHe AMORY OB; 11 APR:1777.Aet:45" in black enamel. (from card)
ProvenanceMourning ring for Kathe. Amory, died 1777. Descended in the family to Martha P. Rogers Codman; inherited by her daughter Martha Catherine Codman Karolik; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8, 1964, bequest.
"daughter of Rufus Greene and M. C. C.’s great great grandmother." (from card)
"daughter of Rufus Greene and M. C. C.’s great great grandmother." (from card)