Gold mourning ring with a hair wheatsheaf

An image of Jewellery/Mourning Ring. Inscribed, 'Elizabeth Dixon died aged 62, 13 Jan 1780'. Plain gold hoop widening at shoulders. Shoulders decorated with chased foliate design. Long oval bezel with chased border surrounding, under glass, a wheatsheaf of hair bound with pearls, on ivory. Height, hoop, 2.0 mm, length, hoop, 23.0 mm, height, bezel (oval) 5.0 mm, width, bezel (oval) 17.0 mm, length, bezel (oval) 24.5 mm, 1797.

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Jewellery/Mourning Ring. Inscribed, 'Elizabeth Dixon died aged 62, 13 Jan 1780'. Plain gold hoop widening at shoulders. Shoulders decorated with chased foliate design. Long oval bezel with chased border surrounding, under glass, a wheatsheaf of hair bound with pearls, on ivory. Height, hoop, 2.0 mm, length, hoop, 23.0 mm, height, bezel (oval) 5.0 mm, width, bezel (oval) 17.0 mm, length, bezel (oval) 24.5 mm, 1797.

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Accession Number: PER.M.241-1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1001 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 134.12kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1
Captured: 2014:06:10 14:34:28

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