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Gold Mourning Ring
about 1768
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number54.1480
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 255
DescriptionBand with four white enamel scrolls. (from card)
Inscriptions" E QUINCY / TERTs. OB / 24 MARCH: / 1768 AE 35" on four white enamel scrolls(from card)
ProvenanceBuhler Entry: Edmund Quincy, son of Col. Josiah and Hannah (Sturgis) Quincy, (b. October 1, 1733; Harvard College 1752); died at sea, unmarried. Descended in the family of his aunt, Dorothy (Quincy) Jackson, to the donor.
Collection of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes by 1954; to MFA December 9, 1954, gift.
Collection of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes by 1954; to MFA December 9, 1954, gift.