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Gold mourning ring
Andrew Tyler (American, 1692 or 1693–1741)
1729
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 2.2cm (7/8in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.855
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 117
DescriptionDeath's head with modelled wings on slightly curved outer surface; inside flat for insciption.
Marks
AT in rectangle
Inscriptions"A Brown ob 16 April 1729 Aet 9: Engraved in semi-script inside. (from card)
ProvenanceBuhler Catalogue: Early history unknown; given to Martha Pickman (Rogers) Codman by her father, J.W. Rogers, in 1850; inherited by her daughter Martha C. Codman Karolik; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8,1964, bequest.