Historic New England

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair is composed of tableworked brunette human hair. Each tube of worked hair forms a large loop set at each end in gold mounts. A thin gold bar is suspended between the two gold mounts at the top of each loop. At the center of the bar is a small ring for a pendant, now missing....

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), human hair

GUSN: 101597

Accession Number: 1929.1066AB

Bracelet

This large hinged gold bangle-style bracelet is decorated on the exterior with granulation and gold wire in an Etruscan Revival style. It closes with a concealed tongue and groove clasp. The interior is marked with the patent date and number for the clasp mechanism.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: Hein, Charles (Patent holder) Possibly Hale & Mulford (Manufacturer)

Material: granulation, gold (metal)

GUSN: 101598

Accession Number: 2006.44.16

Engagement ring

Fourteen karat gold ring set with an old mine cut diamond in Victorian style pattern on shoulders.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: fourteen-carat gold, diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101599

Accession Number: 2006.44.19

Sapphire ring

Eighteen karat gold ring set with five round sapphires.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Jeweler)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, sapphire (mineral)

GUSN: 101600

Accession Number: 2006.44.20

Pearl ring

Eighteen karat gold ring with two pearls set in six prong settings, all in original Shreve Crump & Low box.

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 101601

Accession Number: 2006.44.4

Wedding ring

Plain gold men's wedding ring.

Date: ca. 1871

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101602

Accession Number: 2006.44.26

Engagement ring

Gold ring with slit shoulders set with an old mine cut diamond in a six prong crown setting.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101603

Accession Number: 2006.44.25

Ring

Wrapped wire gold band set with a turquoise scarab.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), scarabs (sculpture)

GUSN: 101604

Accession Number: 2006.44.15

Ring

This gold band is decorated with a repeating stamped leaf pattern. The interior of the band shows the maker's mark.

Date: 1866-1912

Maker: Arnold & Steere (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101605

Accession Number: 2006.44.10

Engagement ring

Gold ring set with a diamond encircled with six old mine cut diamonds (all slightly different in shape and size).

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101606

Accession Number: 2006.44.11

Ring

Gold ring set with three oval Ethiopian opals.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), opal

GUSN: 101607

Accession Number: 2006.44.13

Ring

Plain gold wedding band.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101608

Accession Number: 2006.44.12

Ruby ring

Fourteen karat gold ring set with small old mine cut Burmese ruby over a larger rubelight or pink sapphire.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), ruby (mineral)

GUSN: 101609

Accession Number: 2006.44.18

Mourning ring

Gold, jet and hair mourning ring. Square front set with brown and white hair under glass surrounded by a row of jet beads, gold band with openwork at shoulders.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), jet (coal), human hair

GUSN: 101610

Accession Number: 2006.44.5

Mourning ring

Gold and enamel mourning ring. Gold scroll band with black enamel decoration and inscription in gold.

Date: 1779

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 101611

Accession Number: 2006.44.6

Emerald ring

Gold ring set with four garnet and glass doublets and four seed pearls.

Date: c. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), emerald (color), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 101612

Accession Number: 2006.44.21

Child's bracelet

Child's bracelet with three oval designs evenly spaced. Ovals depicts one or two carved people in an outdoor setting.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 101613

Accession Number: 2006.44.8

Pair of bracelets

Pair of gold adjustable bracelets, engraved with a leaf design and clip action fasterners.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101614

Accession Number: 2006.44.27ab

Pair of Bracelets

Pair of bracelets consisting of linked jet squares with carved X design.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: jet (coal)

GUSN: 101615

Accession Number: 2006.44.28ab

Pair of bracelets

Each of this pair of flexible gold bracelets closes with a tongue and groove clasp secured by a gold cable saftety chain. Each bracelet retains a decorative slide with a loop from which might have hung a charm, now missing. The interior of each clasp is engraved (see Inscriptions). The bracelets are...

Date: ca. 1899

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Retailer)

GUSN: 101616

Accession Number: 2006.44.14.1AB

Signet ring

Gold signet ring with tiger's eye stone with cloudy white mark in center and floral engraved band.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), carnelian

GUSN: 101617

Accession Number: 2006.44.24

Wedding ring

Fourteen karat gold wedding ring.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: fourteen-carat gold

GUSN: 101618

Accession Number: 2006.44.23

Ring

Fourteen karat gold ring with oval mine cut ruby surrounded by ten diamonds [.1]. In cream velvet Bigelow, Kennard & Co. box with hinged lid [.2].

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Probably Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: fourteen-carat gold, ruby (mineral), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101619

Accession Number: 2006.44.1.1-.2

18 K gold ring with foliate shoulders (center stone missing.)

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101623

Accession Number: 2006.44.132

Ring

18 karat gold ring set with center ruby, four surrounding diamonds; openwork shoulders set with row of smaller diamonds along band front.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Probably Charles Kelley & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, ruby (mineral), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101624

Accession Number: 2006.44.123

Wedding Ring

Gold wedding band inscribed "SWP-APW June 15, 1899".

Date: 1899

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101625

Accession Number: 2006.44.124

Ring

Fourteen karat plain gold wedding band

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101626

Accession Number: 2006.44.125

Bracelet

This silver bangle bracelet is decorated with rose and black and white speckled agate encaustic designs in circular and teardrop shaped forms on the exterior.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101627

Accession Number: 2006.44.106

Bracelet

Rope-form expansion bracelet made from fourteen-karat gold. It is malleable and conforms to the wearer's wrist. It carries a maker's mark at one end of the coil.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: J.D. Dalzell & Co. (Maker)

Material: fourteen-carat gold

GUSN: 101628

Accession Number: 2006.44.107

Pair of Bar Pins

Pair of black bar pins with floral decoration on sides of front.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101830

Accession Number: 2006.44.230ab

Necklace

Seed with tortoiseshell design, red seed, and pine cone necklace.

Date: 1870-1925

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101831

Accession Number: 2006.44.231

About 24 inch wood bead necklace with blue textile drop.

Date: 1870-1925

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101842

Accession Number: 2006.44.242

Necklace

About 20 in wood bead necklace with blue textile drop.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101843

Accession Number: 2006.44.243

This pair of rectangular men's shoe buckles are curved to fit the top of a shoe. Each buckle is embellished with carefully fitted square and rectangular colorless pastes set in silver, with an engraved gilt metal inner border. The chapes and tongues are steel. The pair are in their original black l...

Date: ca. 1795

Maker: unknown

Material: paste (glass), silver (metal), steel (alloy), gold alloy

GUSN: 101847

Accession Number: 1953.41a-c

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