Mourning Ring
about 1795
Object Place for LabelBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueGold, crystal, and human hair
DimensionsOther (Overall): 1.9cm (3/4in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession number64.870
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Inscriptions"Levi Willard, died July 11, 1775 aged 48" in tapering loop engraved script. Inside on back of bezel "Catherine Willard died Jany 10.1791 aged 56."ProvenanceAbout 1795, family of Levi and Catherine Willard; descended in the family to Maria Potter Codman by 1902; inherited by her niece Martha Catherine Codman Karolik 1902; collection of Maxim Karolik by 1964; to MFA June 8, 1964, bequest.Notes (from Buhler 1972, cat. 278): "The initials are those of Levi and Catherine Willard, and the style of the ring suggests the date of her death. Winthrop Chandlers's portraits of the Willards are in the M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth Century American Arts, and their daughter Katharine married John Amory."
*Levi Willard died 1775, error in engraving; see data file" (from card)
"My great great grandfather- M.C.C." (from data file)
18th century?
possibly 18th century
1892
1800–50
1800–50
1800–50
1800–50
about 1831
about 1846
mid-19th century
19th century
19th century
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