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Ring
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Ring
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1791 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Enamelled gold and woven hair under a rock crystal panel
- Museum number:
907-1888
- Gallery location:
In store
The inscription around the enamelled edge of this mourning ring tells us that it was made to commemorate Gabriel Wirgman, who died on 12 September 1791 aged 53. A panel of his woven hair has been set within it, decorated by a funerary urn on a pillar. Gabriel Wirgman was a London jeweller. The ring was made according to instructions given in his will.
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