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Mourning ring

Mourning ring

  • Place of origin:

    England, Great Britain (made)

  • Date:

    1661 (dated)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Enamelled gold with hair ornament

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Dame Joan Evans

  • Museum number:

    M.156-1962

  • Gallery location:

    Jewellery, room 91 mezzanine, case 81, shelf D1, box 19

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This enamelled gold mourning ring commemorates the death of Samuel Nicholets of Hertfordshire who died on 7th July 1661, as is recorded in the inscription inside the ring. The ring is hollow, and a lock of hair curls around within it, visible through the openwork of the enamelled decoration of skulls and coats of arms.

Physical description

Enamelled gold mourning ring, with openwork ornament underlaid with hair. The outside of the hoop enamelled in black and white with skulls and two coats of arms, one for Nicholets, of Herefordshire. Inscribed inside Samuell Nicholets obijt [died] 17 July (1661) Christ is my portion.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1661 (dated)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Enamelled gold with hair ornament

Marks and inscriptions

Samuell Nicholets obijt 17 July (1661) Christ is my portion 'Samuel Nicholets died 17 July 1661'

Dimensions

Depth: 0.6 cm, Diameter: 2.2 cm

Descriptive line

Enamelled gold mourning ring, with openwork ornament underlaid with hair and skulls and two coats of arms, one for the Nicholets family of Herefordshire, made in England, 1661

Materials

Gold; Enamel; Hair

Techniques

Enamelling

Subjects depicted

Death; Mourning; Escutcheons (coats of arms); Skull (skeleton component)

Categories

Metalwork; Jewellery; Death; Accessories

Collection code

MET

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