Mourning ring
Daniel Boyer
(1725–1779)
1779
Object Place for LabelBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Object PlaceMassachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsOther (Overall): 2.1cm (13/16in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter
Accession number38.771
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
InscriptionsEngraved inside ring "Mrs. T. Gordon. ob. 21 April 1779 AE 48."Provenance1779, made to memorialize Mrs. T. Gordon; probably passed within the Gordon family to Katharine Gordon (b. 1761 - d. 1841) and her husband, Samuel Wirt Dexter (b. 1761 - d. 1816), Boston; to their son, Franklin Dexter (b. 1793 - d. 1857), Boston; to his son, Franklin Gordon Dexter (b. 1824 - d. 1903), Boston; to his son, Gordon Dexter (b. 1864 - d. 1937) and his second wife, Isabella Barclay Dexter (b. 1871 - d. 1968), Boston; 1938, gift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1938)
