Name/Title
Gold Ring with Five Pearls | Rebecca "Bertie" Loring | Eastport, MaineDescription
Rebecca "Bertie" Loring (1855-1898),
FIVE 19TH CENTURY FRIENDSHIP RINGS! ONE KNOWN, WHERE ARE THE OTHER FOUR? We recently had a mid-19th century "friendship" ring (see posted photo) come into our collections. The ring has five pearls that we’re told represent the friendship of five women from Eastport, Maine. We’re told that there were five such rings as each of the five women friends had an identical ring with five pearls. The ring now in our collections was owned by Roberta "Bertie" Loring who was born in Eastport in 1855 and died relatively young in 1898. She was the daughter of Eastport photographer, Davis Loring, and married his successor photographer, Charles Brown. Does anyone know anything about the other four friendship rings?