Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Ring in envelope
Object Number:
770
Date:
ca. 1865
Medium:
Ebony, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 0.6 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Ebony ring with gold and blue floral garland painted across the front of the band.
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with this ring, it was made by James Strawbridge while he was in prison as a Confederate oficer, in Elmira, New York during the Civil War. It is said he made the ring from a coat button. Upon his release, he went to visit his first cousins in Casenovia and gave the ring to a family member there. One of the sons of Judge George Strawbridge, James and his brother Henry were in the New Orleans Washington Artillery.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
