ONE MARK OF DANIEL BOYER, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, ANOTHER POSSIBLY MARK OF ABRAHAM SKINNER, NEW YORK, 1720-1754

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THREE AMERICAN GOLD RINGS
ONE MARK OF DANIEL BOYER, BOSTON, MASSACUSETTS, ANOTHER POSSIBLY MARK OF ABRAHAM SKINNER, NEW YORK, 1720-1754
The first as a mourning ring, circular and engraved with a stylized skull, the interior engraved M Quincy on 27 Dec 1754 Ae 28, and with maker's mark for Daniel Boyer, the second as a mourning ring, circular and engraved with a stylized skull flanked by scrolls, the interior engraved H W ob 12 April 1720, and with maker's mark DE in a rectangle, the third plain circular, the interior engraved A true lovers gift, and with maker's mark A pellet S in a rectangle, possibly for Abraham Skinner, New York
13/16 in. (2.1 cm.) diameter, the two largest

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New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.

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Lot Essay

Daniel Boyer (1725 - 1729) likely began his apprenticeship as a metalworker with his father, a jeweler, and completed his training in the family shop, which was run by his mother following the death of his father in 1741. Patricia Kane notes one other mourning ring by Boyer (Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, New Haven, 1998, p. 196), created in memory of a Mrs. T Gordon, which is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Acc. No. 38.771).

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