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Object Name:
Ring
Object ID:
1995.611.13
Date:
circa 1840
Description:
Ring in case. Gold and shell. Small circular band, 0.23 cm wide. Two small grooves around outside. Rectangular gold mount with slightly-rounded ends. Beveled-edged gray-blue stone in mount with black-colored body. Top surface flat. Slightly-textured bottom surface in grooves in band.

Ring is in oval case with brass clasp lock on side and hidden hinge on opposite side. Texture of leather and color dark maroon. Inside gray velvet and gray satin-like cloth. Edges between top and bottom sections of case also covered with outside, textured material. Top slightly domed. Bottom slightly concave.
Material:
Metal
Gold
Skeletal
Dimensions:
H-1.91 W-1.63 L-0.93 cm Weight-1 gr
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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