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Mourning ring
1776
Medium
gold, enamel, glass, hair, ivory
Measurements
2.0 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of E. Howitt, 1893
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
England
Inscription
cast (circularly) in face of ring: WILLM (. under M) VALE · DIED · 4 · FEB: 1776 · AGED · 48 (downward arrow) / (left pointing arrow) (right pointing arrow) / (upward arrow)
Accession Number
874-D1M
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
With monogram "W.V." device in hair, mourning ring of William Vale.