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Mourning ring for John Amory
1803
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold, hair
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 2.1cm (13/16in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.874
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionCentering a glass compartment containing an oval of braided gray hair, surrounded by a reeded gold frame and seed pearls, engraved on reverse, tripartite shank with open shoulders.
Inscriptions"I / Amory, / died June 5, / 1803. / aged 75." engraved on back in script. (from card)
ProvenanceMourning ring for I. Amory (John Amory), died 1803. Collection of Martha P. Rogers Codman; inherited by her daughter Martha Catherine Codman Karolik; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8, 1964, bequest.