Name/Title
JewelryEntry/Object ID
2021.19.478UScope and Content
Jewelry belonging to the Leach and Moss
families. Most of the jewelry that was given to
Mary Leach Moss during her marriage to J. B.
Moss was undoubtedly sold at the time of the
family financial crisis in the late 1920's. The
pieces which were retained came to Mary Leach
Moss through the Leach family or had been
gifted to her daughter Catherine before the the
date of the dispersal. A few other pieces may
have been gifts to Catherine from her husband J.
D. Barrow after their marriage. It would require
an expert to sort this out. However, many of the
pieces are monogramed so that dating is clear.
Unfortnately, in an attempt to get clear
photographs, many of the pieces appear multiple
times and this may be confusing. The pearl ring
and the opal ring appear nearly identical in the
photographs. My camera did a poor job of
understanding how to focus on these small,
shiny objects. There are ten rings altogether.
However, I may gift one of the baby rings to a
dear friend who has just given birth to a little girl.
Also, in jpg 14524, in the upper left just below the
large gold pin, note that there is a set of very old
gold jewerly, a pin/pendant, earrings and a set of
cuff links. These have black, cut stone settings
with numerous seed pearls. I'm quite certain that
they came from the Word/ Leach families. I
neglected to make a close-up photogarph of
them. There are no monograms or inscriptions.Context
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