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Mourning ring with miniature portrait of Martin Van Buren
probably 1855–74
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold, ivory, hair
Dimensions
Height x width: 1 3/16 in., 2.1 cm (3 cm, 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number01.6589
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionAn eighteenth-century mourning ring inscribed with the name and dates of Mark Woodhouse, but the contents have been removed and replaced at a later time with a small miniature portrait of Martin Van Buren.
InscriptionsMark / Woodhouse / Ob. 16 Jany / 1790 / AEt. 54
ProvenanceMourning ring for Mark Woodhouse, died 1790. Until 1874, probably Gardner Brewer (b. 1806 - d. 1874), Boston; probably by descent to his daughter, Caroline Abigail Brewer (Mrs. Arthur) Croft (d. 1898), Boston; 1901, bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 1, 1901)