Mourning Ring

Object/Artifact

-

Vermont Historical Society

ring and jet

Name/Title

Mourning Ring

Entry/Object ID

1972.28.6a-b

Description

Jet mourning ring and an uncarved piece of jet.

Context

Owned by a member of the Maxham family of Middlesex, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1972.28

Source or Donor

Erickson, Dorothy Edith Maxham (1914-1980), Birkett, Nellie Maxham (1909-2005)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1880

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ring, Mourning

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ornament, Mourning

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Funerary Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Material

Jet

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Middlesex

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America