TWO AMERICAN GOLD RINGS

Lot 374
19.01.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 374 | TWO AMERICAN GOLD RINGS
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$ 2 000 – 3 000
TWO AMERICAN GOLD RINGS

ONE MARK OF RICHARD HUMPHREYS, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1770, THE OTHER MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1750

The posy ring by Humphreys engraved on the interior God above united our love, marked on the interior RH in a rectangle, the mourning ring by Hurd chased with a stylized skull flanked by wings, further engraved on the interior P. Otis ob: 27 NOV 1750 AE, marked on interior HURD in a rectangle (Kane mark D)

3⁄4 in. (1.9 cm.) diameter, each

4 dwt. (6 gr.)





Provenance

In honor of Priscilla Otis (1721-1750) (the Hurd example).

With Jonathan Trace, New York, circa 1980's (the Humphreys example).



Exhibited

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.
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