Byron memorial ring

Collection Data

Names
Rawlings, Charles (Creator)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1824 (Inferred)
Place: London
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: *Pforz
Topics
Baron, Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788-1824 -- Appreciation
Gold rings
Genres
Specimens
Rings
Jewelry
Objects
Mourning jewelry
Notes
Content: 18 carat gold ring; with shield bearing a red and white enameled crown icon, "BYRON" scripted beneath; "IN MEMORY OF" scripted around the outside of the band, with black enamel in the negative space; "Died 19 April 1824 Aged 36" engraved in cursive script on the inside of the band. Six English hallmarks stamped on the inside of the band: maker's mark: "CR" (i.e., Charles Rawlings); duty mark: George III; purity marks: a crown, "18" (i.e., 18 carat English gold); assay office mark: a jaguar's head (i.e., London); date hallmark: "i" (i.e., 1824).
Creation/production credits: Charles Rawlings, goldsmith
Content: Within black jewelry case.
Physical Description
Gold
Extent: 1 ring : gold band, enamel detail ; 21 mm.
Type of Resource
Three dimensional object
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 370430083
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18062012
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.07.044
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f5503450-a2ac-013c-a88c-0242ac110004
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