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Gold mourning ring set with amethysts

Image attached to M.26 & A-1979

An image of Jewellery/Mourning Ring. Child's Ring. Gold, the oval bezel, with border of amethysts, containing a tree in hair on a white ground. Round the hoop, reserved on a ground of black enamel, the inscription 'FRANCES.GREENE.OB:27.JULY.1767.AE:61'. In modern red leather case (A). Diameter 1.5 cm, dated 1767. English.

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Jewellery/Mourning Ring. Child's Ring. Gold, the oval bezel, with border of amethysts, containing a tree in hair on a white ground. Round the hoop, reserved on a ground of black enamel, the inscription 'FRANCES.GREENE.OB:27.JULY.1767.AE:61'. In modern red leather case (A). Diameter 1.5 cm, dated 1767. English.

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  • Accession Number: M.26-1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/39.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 978 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 145.57kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 39/1

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18th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd amethyst bezel commemorative dated enamel enamelled finger ring gem gemstones gold hair inscribed inscriptions jewellery jewelry memorials mourning ring oval precious stones ring sentimental trees

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