Jewelry
Jeremiah Dummer (Maker)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1693
Gold; Enamel
1972.0060
Object Number1972.0060 |
Ring (finger) (Mourning ring)
Jewelry
Gift of Mrs. George L. Batchelder
Jeremiah Dummer (Maker)
9/14/1645-5/25/1718
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.
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1693
1. Mark; Ring, interior; "ID" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Ring, interior; "Iames LLoyd . Obyt. 21.Aug.\t..1693" engraved
Mourning imagery
Gold; Enamel
0.75 (Diam)
1.91 (Diam)
Text available soon.
[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