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Mourning ring
1788
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Gold, painted ivory, and glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm (1 1/8 x 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2006.35
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionGold paint on ivory, image of classically-draped woman resting her elbow on an urn monument.
Inscriptions"Isaac Hack / Ob. 6 Oct.r / 1788 / AEt. 27"
ProvenanceGebelein Goldsmiths; Daphne Farago, December 18, 1990. Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.