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Mourning ring for Mather Greene

Mourning ring for Mather Greene

1768
Medium/TechniqueGold; enamel
DimensionsOverall: 0.02 mm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter
Accession number38.772
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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Inscriptions"Mather Greene ob. 10 Jan. 1768 AE 59"
Provenance1768, made to memorialize Mather Greene; probably passed within the Greene family to Gardiner Greene (b. 1753 - d. 1832) and his wife, Elizabeth Clarke Copley Greene (b. 1770 - d. 1866); to their daughter, Martha Babcock Greene Amory (b. 1813 - d. 1881), Boston; to her daughter, Susan Greene Amory Dexter (b. 1840 - d. 1924), Boston; to her 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)