Mourning Ring
about 1826
Object PlaceProbably Boston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueGold, hair, black stones (probably jet)
DimensionsOverall: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm (15/16 × 7/8 × 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Barbara Boylston Bean
Accession number1976.639
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
InscriptionsEngraved on inside of ring: "John Adams / Born 19/30 Oct.r 1735. / Ob.t 4. July / 1826." and "J.Q. Adams to W.N. Boylston."ProvenanceGiven to Ward Nicholas Boylston by John Quincy Adams upon the death of John Adams; descended in the Boylston family to Barbara Boylston Bean by 1976; September 8, 1976, bequest to the MFA.
1806
early 19th century
about 1809
about 1807
about 1800
about 1846
