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Gold death's head ring
1756
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Other (Overall): 1.8cm (11/16in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.857
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionGold death's head, with added blue stone in open bezel at side.
Inscriptions"Holyoke-obt-Novr-19-1756 A " engraved inside(J and AE 19 cut to insert stone).
ProvenanceDescended in the family to Martha P. Rogers Codman; inherited by her daughter Martha Catherine Codman Karolik; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8, 1964, bequest.