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.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 370430083
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18062012
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.07.044
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f5503450-a2ac-013c-a88c-0242ac110004

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Three Dimensional Object

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MLA format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Byron memorial ring" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1824. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5503450-a2ac-013c-a88c-0242ac110004

APA format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1824). Byron memorial ring Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5503450-a2ac-013c-a88c-0242ac110004

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Byron memorial ring" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5503450-a2ac-013c-a88c-0242ac110004

Wikipedia citation

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