Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ring
Object Number:
Z.2302.8
Date:
1857-1860
Medium:
Gold, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 0.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Gold plate baby / child's ring with a heart at the center and scroll work stamped at the shoulders.
Gallery Label:
This baby / child's ring belonged to Pauline Drouillard Oothout (Mrs. Karrick Van Zandt Riggs, 1857-1919). A note found with the ring says it was her first ring. Pauline was the daughter of William (1823-1899) and Jane Elizabeth (Morgan) Oothout (1830-1913). She was a descendent of the older mercantile and banking families of New Youk. She married Karrick V. Riggs in 1884.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
