Brooch / pendant
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Gold, sapphires
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Gold brooch/pendant set with 14 Montana sapphires (4 dangling, 10 fixed); gold is worked into filigree-type scrolls and soldered with gold balls; 3 gold spear-shaped pendants at bottom.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Edith Amerman
Object Number:
1969.63
Gallery Label:
According to a letter from the donor's attorney (attached to the accession notes), this brooch/pendant (mistakenly called a "lavalière") belonged to Hannah Hoes, the wife and first cousin of President Martin Van Buren, and the first cousin of the donor's grandmother. After Hannah Hoes died in 1819, the pendant was worn by Angelica Singleton Van Buren, niece of Dolly Madison and the President's daughter-in-law, as hostess of White House functions 1837-41. The style suggests a later date.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
33500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring
Classification:
Date:
1760-1830
Medium:
Silver, diamonds
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 1 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Silver ring belonging to Mrs. Francis Adrian Van der Kamp; set with 8 small rose-cut diamonds; design comprises single round wire, flattened and pierced at center top, then set with diamonds "at random."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild, 1923
Object Number:
INV.12369
Gallery Label:
With attached note: "RING/ of Mrs. Francis Adrian Van der Kemp/ Presented by/ Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild/ 1923"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
33498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Gold, hair, glass, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 1 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Gold ring (mourning?) with hair tied in a Turk's knot beneath rectangular oculus at the center, flanked by trapezoid shaped regions with acanthus leaf design and framed with black enamel; inscription on reverse of center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Laura Dayton Denby
Object Number:
1977.36b
Marks:
engraved: reverse, center: "R. A. N."
Gallery Label:
According to the accession record, this ring belonged to John B. Newman and encases a lock of his hair.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33468
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring
Classification:
Date:
18th century
Medium:
Silver, diamonds
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Silver ring set with 7 diamonds: 6 rose-cut and 1 table-cut.
Object Number:
INV.12367
Gallery Label:
Inside of ring: silver appears originally to have been plated with gold to protect the skin and clothing of the wearer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
33456
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mourning ring
Classification:
Date:
1795
Medium:
Gold, hair, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Gold mourning ring comprising plain gold shank soldered to oval plaque containing braided hair of John B. Schuyler in glass compartment; glass is encircled by rings of blue and white enamel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elizabeth Harison and Mr. William Harison
Object Number:
1941.298
Marks:
engraved: underneath enameled plaque: "Jn B Schuy/ =ler Obt 19/ Augt 1795/ ae 30 Yr"
engraved: underneath shoulders; on one side: "J.S." on other side: "Obt' Aug 19-1795"
Gallery Label:
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Americans often commemorated the death of loved ones by wearing mourning jewelry made of, or containing, the hair of the deceased. This gold mourning ring commemorates wealthy Albany landowner John Bradstreet Schuyler, who died in 1795 at the age of thirty. The oculus encloses tightly plaited hair. The ring may have been worn by Schuyler's wife, Elizabeth Van Rensselaer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
33453
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Necklace and bracelet in case
Classification:
Date:
1853-1858
Medium:
Amber, metallic thread; leather, satin, velvet
Dimensions:
necklace: 37 x 1/2 in.; bracelet: 8 x 1/2 in.; case: 10 x 3 1/2 x 1 in.
Description:
Amber bead necklace and fringe bracelet in case; 47 round and oval orange Turkish amber unfaceted beads strung as necklace. Bracelet comprises turned amber and amber beads strung to fringed metallic thread; thread broken; orange leather fitted case lined with ivory satin and taupe velvet; maker's mark printed under lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Lamar Erwin
Object Number:
1949.155a-c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession notes and a handwritten note inside the case, this set was brought from Vienna by General Heny Rootes Jackson of Savannah when he was serving as Minister to Austria. Miss Erwin gave it to the Society in memory of Miss Sarah Mildred Cobb, aunt of the donor. General Jackson was the cousin of General Howell Cobb's cousin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
33440
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Necklace and earrings in case
Classification:
Date:
1857-1870
Medium:
Gold; velvet, satin
Dimensions:
Overall (necklace): 1 1/2 × 16 in. (3.8 × 40.6 cm)
Overall (earrings): 2 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (7 × 3.2 cm)
Container (
Description:
Gold demi-parure in fitted case from Ernesto Pierret studio (pieces not signed but fit in case and are in keeping with Pierret designs); necklace and pendant earrings in Greco-Roman archeological style; necklace comprises alternating scroll, fan and satyr head elements, decorated with rosettes and strung on woven gold; simple hook closure. Pendant earrings of similar design with rosettes suspending fans and satyr heads. Fitted purple velvet case lined with purple satin.
Object Number:
INV.12676a-d
Gallery Label:
Jeweler Ernesto Pierret (1824-1860) was active in Rome from 1857 to 1870. He worked in the popular archaeological revival style made famous by the Castellani and Giuliano workshops.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
33434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ring with portrait
Classification:
Date:
1803
Medium:
Metal, portrait
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Metal ring mounted with glass compartment holding portrait of Elizabeth Bush; inscription on underside of compartment.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary E. Warner
Object Number:
1948.11
Marks:
engraved: on underside of ring mount: "E. B. / 1803"
Gallery Label:
Accession notes identify the portrait as that of Elizabeth Bush, baptised 1787, the daughter of Evert and Mary Bush. The portrait has faded.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1803
eMuseum Object ID:
33419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mourning ring
Classification:
Date:
1798
Medium:
Gold, hair, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5/8 in. ( 1.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Gold mourning ring with braided hair enclosed in glass compartment, surrounded by oval enameled plaque inscribed with the words "Parted To Meet Again"; inscription engraved on underside of plaque.
Object Number:
INV.12354
Marks:
engraved: on underside of central plaque: "Abraham/De Peyster,/died Feb. 18,/1798,/Aged 44."
enameled: on front of central plaque: "Parted To Meet Again"
Gallery Label:
This ring contains the hair of Abraham De Peyster (1753-1798). The ring has been sized: there is a solder seam in the shank.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1798
eMuseum Object ID:
33412
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Ring
Classification:
Date:
1780-1850
Medium:
Gold, sardonyx
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 7/8 in. ( 1.3 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Gold and sardonyx snuff(?) ring; sardonyx mounted on hinged plaque which opens to reveal empty compartment; shoulders and hoop of ring shank engraved and chased with floral motifs.
Object Number:
INV.12362
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
33411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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