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| Keywords: English - Memorial Ring - Walters 44528 - Three Quarter.jpg This ring commemorates two siblings who are named in the gold inscriptions on white enamel The color of the enamel associated with purity indicates that they were unmarried The ring is comprised of two halves that mirror each other and are held together by small pins and sockets The bezel is divided by two separate triangular compartments with pearl borders each containing a lock of one sibling's hair During the 17th and 18th centuries it became customary in England to commemorate loved ones with memorial rings which were distributed at the funeral From around 1770 they often contained miniature portraits or held locks of the deceased's hair in small compartments accompanied by inscriptions identifying the person to be remembered ca 1804 1805 gold enamel pearls hair cm 2 2 2 accession number 44 528 2520 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription Inscribed on the shoulders of the ring C M BURNLEY DIED 3 MAR 1804 AGED 19 and A E BURNLEY DIED 8 JULY 1804 AGED 20 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin England United Kingdom Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Gothic art in the United Kingdom Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 1800s jewellery Memorial rings | ||||
