Mourning Band
1730 (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| 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.)
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| Credit line | Private Collection. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:NORMAN.1 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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