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CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Ring
Date1807
Medium12k rose gold, enamel, hair, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 1/2 × 3/4 × 7/8 in. (1.3 × 1.9 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1765
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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Morning Glory Antiques, New York]; purchased by Caroline Ross, September, 1995; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in gold on enamel: "JOHN / PRESTON / OB: 71 JUNE / 1807 / AE:62"

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Pin
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12k rose gold, enamel, hair, and glass
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Ring
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Ring
1787
12k rose gold, enamel, hair, and glass
2005.1762
Ring
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Ring
1791
Enamel, diamonds, 12k rose gold, hair, and glass
2005.1797.A,.B
Pin
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Pin
1840
12k yellow gold, enamel, pearls, paste gemstones, hair, and glass
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Brooch
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Brooch
1833
Enamel, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1800
"Halley's Comet" Stickpin
Unknown
"Halley's Comet" Stickpin
c. 1835
Hair, 12k rose gold, enamel, and glass
2005.1750
Ring
Unknown
Ring
1821
Enamel, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1790
Ring
Unknown
Ring
1803
12k yellow gold, hair, enamel, and glass
2005.1780
Ring
Unknown English
Ring
1891
12k yellow gold, enamel, pearls, and hair
2005.1773
Stickpin
Unknown
Stickpin
1870s
Enamel, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1826
Brooch
Unknown
Brooch
c. 1850
Enamel, 12k yellow gold, pearls, diamonds, hair, fabric, and glass
2005.1816
Brooch
Unknown
Brooch
c. 1800
Sepia on ivory, hair, enamel, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1742