Mourning ring
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- Created Date
- 1787-1800
- Description
Mourning ring; of gold with miniature ivory painting with glass covering; ring, of gold with a rectangular sepia miniature painting on ivory, painting is of a seated woman at a tomb looking at a minute portrait of a man at the base of monument; painting covered with glass; inscription on back.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Type
- physical object
- Format
- Diameter Inside .75 inHeight 1 inWidth .5 inGlass (material)Gold (metal)Ivory (material)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
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- Chicago citation style
- Mourning ring. 1787-1800. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3225. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1787-1800) Mourning ring. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3225
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/3225>.