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Mourning Band

1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk mourning band mounted with gold catch and small gold plaques decorated with opaque white enamel which serves as a ground for gold inscriptions or ornaments. The front of the silk except at the edges is brown, but was presmumably black like the reverse. There are losses to the fabric.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
silk, gold, enamel
Brief description
Mourning band for Margaret Cotton, black silk mounted in enamelled gold. . English, 1730.
Physical description
Silk mourning band mounted with gold catch and small gold plaques decorated with opaque white enamel which serves as a ground for gold inscriptions or ornaments. The front of the silk except at the edges is brown, but was presmumably black like the reverse. There are losses to the fabric.
Dimensions
  • Folded and lying flat with catch closed length: 88mm
  • Height: 17mm
  • Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions
'MARG' 'COTTON' 'OB' '23 NOV.' '1730. AET.:4' '6' 'MON.' (Inscription in gold letters on a white ground on a series of plaques of varying size running around the bracelet.)
Translation
Margaret Cotton died 23 Novembe 1730, aged 4 years 6 months.
Credit line
Private Collection.
Collection
Accession number
LOAN:NORMAN.1

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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