These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Maker: Unknown
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).
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs J.C. Burkill
Given by Mrs J.C. Burkill
Diameter: 1.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1979-12-03) by Burkill, J. C., Mrs
Production date: dated AD 1767
This ring for a child commemorates an older woman, Frances Greene, who died aged 61 on 27 July 1767
Part
composed of
amethyst
enamel
hair
Ring
composed of
gold
Inscription present: in gold lettering reserved in a black enamel border
Accession number: M.26 & A-1979
Primary reference Number: 177480
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
Mirador deep zoom
IIIF Manifest
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mourning ring" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177480 Accessed: 2024-11-05 13:58:10
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/177480
|title=Mourning ring
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 13:58:10|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-177480
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/M_26_1979_1_201406_kly25_mas.jpg"
alt="Mourning ring"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Mourning ring</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
