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Lot 87
Sale 5248 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2017
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$2,100
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Gold, ivory and hairwork mourning ring England or America, dated 1789
The oval reserve painted with female figure weeping beside raised obelisk, bearing the initials, "CL," and embellished with seed pearls and gold wire, beneath reverse-painted willow tree and atop hairwork hillock, engraved to verso, "Revd/ Charles/ Ley/ Died, 7 Marh/ 1789/ Aged 79," seemingly unmarked.
Ring size: 9