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Mourning ring for Edward Blake
Mourning ring for Edward Blake

Mourning ring for Edward Blake

1824
Medium/TechniqueGold; hair, jet
DimensionsOverall: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Julia B. Farrington
Accession number48.234
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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Inscriptions"E Blake / Obt Ap'l. 24 AE / 81"ProvenanceCollection of Miss Julia B. Farrington by 1948; to MFA February 12, 1948, gift.

"Edward Blake's Tomb is on Boston Common- no 19 or 20. He was a merchant whose ships plied between Boston and London" from handwritten note by Julia Blake Farrington. (from object file)