Ring (finger) (Mourning ring)

Museum Object Number 1972.0060

Object Name

Ring (finger) (Mourning ring)

Category

Jewelry

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. George L. Batchelder

Creator (Role)

Jeremiah Dummer (Maker)

Creator Notes

See extensive biographical details and list of surviving objects in Patricia Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1998, 385-397.

Date of Birth

9/14/1645

Date of Death

5/25/1718

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1693

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Ring, interior; "ID" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Ring, interior; "Iames LLoyd . Obyt. 21.Aug.\t..1693" engraved

Subjects

Mourning imagery

Materials

Gold; Enamel

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.91 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: p. 93, no. 50
[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. II. 100-360.
• Published: v.2, pp.313, 315, cat. no. 322
[Book] DeLorme, Maureen. 2004 Mourning Art & Jewelry. 256 p.
• Earliest piece of mourning jewelry by an American-born and trained jeweler, p. 65