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TWO GOLD MOURNING RINGS AND A PAIR OF GOLD BUTTONS
The rings mark of Jacob Hurd, Boston, circa 1745 and Myer Myers, New York, circa 1764; the buttons, circa 1728
The Hurd ring of simple band form, the inside engraved: ..ayer ob:10 Apr: 1745 AEt: 60; the Myers ring of shaped band form, the exterior with traces of white enamel, inscribed ROBERT.HT MORRIS. ESQ. OB:27 JAN.1764 AE51; each marked on interior, the linked gold buttons circular, engraved with a flower head on the front, marked on reverse ?B, the buttons with framed note citing line of descent
The rings ¾ in. (7.5 cm.) diameter; the buttons 5/8 in. (6 cm.) long (4)
來源
The Myers Ring: Robert Hunter Morris (1713-64)
The Hurd ring: Sotheby's, New York, 30-31 January 1986, lot 408A
The buttons: Madame Mercy Otis, to her grand daughter, in 1728, thence to her grand daughter Maria (Mercy) Otis Warner in 1801
出版
The Myers ring: Yale University Art Gallery, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, 2001, no. 48
展覽
The Myers ring: David Barquist, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, 2001, illus. no. 48, pp. 134-36
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