English mourning ring with hair

An image of Jewellery. Ring/Mourning Ring. Gilt-metal, plain, narrow hoop, broadening at shoulders. Long octagonal bezel, containing under glass, hair of two different colours set with rows of small metal stars. Inscribed on the back: 'NB Toms Ob 19 Dec 1794 At 5ys W: Toms ob: 28 Mars 1786 Aet 11 ys'. Height, hoop, 1.5 mm, depth, hoop, 1.0 mm, length, hoop, 21.0, mm, height. bezel, 27.0 mm, length, bezel, 17.0 mm, width, bezel, 4.5 mm, 1786. English.

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Jewellery. Ring/Mourning Ring. Gilt-metal, plain, narrow hoop, broadening at shoulders. Long octagonal bezel, containing under glass, hair of two different colours set with rows of small metal stars. Inscribed on the back: 'NB Toms Ob 19 Dec 1794 At 5ys W: Toms ob: 28 Mars 1786 Aet 11 ys'. Height, hoop, 1.5 mm, depth, hoop, 1.0 mm, length, hoop, 21.0, mm, height. bezel, 27.0 mm, length, bezel, 17.0 mm, width, bezel, 4.5 mm, 1786. English.

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Accession Number: PER.M.272-1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 716 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 116.26kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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18th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd bezel commemoration commemorative enamel enamelled finger ring gilt gold hair inscribed inscriptions ivory jewellery jewelry memorials mourning ring octagonal ring sentimental stars

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