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Mourning ring for Edward Blake
1824
Medium/Technique
Gold; hair, jet
Dimensions
Overall: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Julia B. Farrington
Accession Number48.234
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionCentering a domed glass compartment containing braided hair, surrounded by seed pearls and faceted black stones (probably jet), engraved on reverse, open shoulders with foliate motifs joined to plain gold shank.
Inscriptions"E Blake / Obt Ap'l. 24 AE / 81"
ProvenanceCollection of Miss Julia B. Farrington by 1948; to MFA February 12, 1948, gift.
"Edward Blake's Tomb is on Boston Common- no 19 or 20. He was a merchant whose ships plied between Boston and London" from handwritten note by Julia Blake Farrington. (from object file)
"Edward Blake's Tomb is on Boston Common- no 19 or 20. He was a merchant whose ships plied between Boston and London" from handwritten note by Julia Blake Farrington. (from object file)