Artist: Unknown, maker; Date(s): 1797; Classification(s): jewellery, ring; Acquisition: bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George, 1922, S.G. Perceval Bequest [PER.M.241-1923]
Description: Gold, pearls, hair and ivory. Plain gold hoop widening at shoulders. Shoulders decorated with chased foliate design. Long oval bezel with chased border surrounding, under glass, a wheatsheaf of hair bound with pearls, on ivory. Inscribed on back of bezel:
Elizth
Dixon
Obt 13 Jany
1780
Aet 62