Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ring box
Object Number:
INV.792ab
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 7 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: across lid, in pencil: "Grandma / Rogers' engage- / ment ring"
printed: lid, top left corner: "LE"
Description:
Rectangular white cardboard box with lid, lid covered with white paper with "LE" in silver set in double-ring silver circle at the top left corner; inscription on box.
Gallery Label:
According to a note on the lid of this box, and papers found inside, this box once held the engagement ring of Sarah Ellen Derby (Mrs. John Rogers, Sr., 1805-1877), mother of the sculptor John Rogers, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
