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Jewellery. Ring/Mourning Ring. Gilt-metal, plain, narrow hoop, broadening at shoulders. Long octagonal bezel, containing under glass, hair of two different colours set with rows of small metal stars. Inscribed on the back: 'NB Toms Ob 19 Dec 1794 At 5ys W: Toms ob: 28 Mars 1786 Aet 11 ys'. Height, hoop, 1.5 mm, depth, hoop, 1.0 mm, length, hoop, 21.0, mm, height. bezel, 27.0 mm, length, bezel, 17.0 mm, width, bezel, 4.5 mm, 1786. English.
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