Mourning ring for Oliver Wendell

Requires Photography

1796

Medium/Technique Gold; Glass, hair

Dimensions Other (Overall): 1.9cm (3/4in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes

Accession Number54.1484

NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionCentering a circular glass compartment contaning woven brown hair, joined to tapered band, engraved on back in semi-script.

Inscriptions"Oliver / Wendell / Aged 17 yrs / Died 4 March / 1796"

ProvenanceMourning ring for Oliver Wendell, died 1796. Collection of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes by 1954; to MFA December 9, 1954, gift