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Object Name:
Ring
Object ID:
2015.027.02
Date:
1749
Description:
Mourning ring. Gold band. "N. Gilman Esq. ob 10 mar 1749 AE 77" engraved in script inside band. In Cincinnati, OH, jeweler's box, inscribed in ink on cover, "Mourning Ring / Nicholas Gilman / died 1749."
Material:
Metal
Gold
Dimensions:
D-0.1 Dia-0.75 inches
Provenance:
Made and distributed to mourners of the death of Nicholas Gilman (1672-1749) of Exeter, NH.

Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Credit Line:
Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard, Anne Shepard Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
Subjects:
Mourning
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