Victorian,Classic & Antique Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Memorial Ring, c. 1792, navette-shaped 14kt gold ring with seed pearls surrounding sepia inkwork on ivory with an image of a lady mourning beside an urn-topped monument, the border inscribed “SACRED WILL I KEEP THY DEAR REMAINS,” the band with chased inscription “JANET BUTLER OB. 11 JAN. 1792 AE 24,” size 11 1/2. 
Estimate $600-800 



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