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Mourning ring c.1787
Gold, enamel, daimonds, glass, human hair | 3.5 x 2.4 x 2.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 65425
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Gold ring, set with cut diamonds around canted rectangular glass reserve, containing funerary urn, pavé set with diamonds with dark hair behind. The hoop enamelled in black and lettered in gold, 'AMICITIAE.ET.HONORE'. Engraved behind, 'Charles Manners / Duke of Rutland / Obt 24th Octr, 1787 / Aet 34'.
Provenance
Mourning ring for Charles Manners, fourth Duke of Rutland (1754-87), Lord Steward of the Royal Household and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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Medium and techniques
Gold, enamel, daimonds, glass, human hair
Measurements
3.5 x 2.4 x 2.7 cm (whole object)
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