{"product_id":"mourning-ring-for-elizabeth-baxter-of-dundee-d-1804","title":"Mourning Ring for Elizabeth Baxter of Dundee d.1804","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn historic antique Georgian mourning ring dating to 1804 in what we would judge to be almost perfect unworn condition, some 220 years later. Inscribed to the reverse of the centre panel: '\u003cem\u003eTo the memory of Elizh Baxter who died 16 Nov 1804'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLoved and lost; a sentimental object which held at the time an important place in mourning rituals for the bereaved; the central rock crystal panel keeps safe a beautifully plaited strand of hair framed by a border of wild Pearls, symbolising tears. A tangible link and recognition of loss. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommemorating the life of Elizabeth Gorell Baxter who was the matriarch of the well to do Baxter family who were primarily linen drapers of Dundee (the family business was in fact regarded as the world's largest linen manufactory). Born in 1763 and married to William Baxter in 1787, there is a wealth of information regarding this family including philanthropic bequests to universities and technical colleges although it must be said that our research has found that their wealth was linked to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.leisureandculturedundee.com\/slaverymap\"\u003eslavery in the plantations of the US and Caribbean. \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"if7Vw2\" data-motion-part=\"BG_LAYER comp-lq0z8loa4\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\" id=\"bgLayers_comp-lq0z8loa4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wG8dni\" data-motion-part=\"BG_MEDIA comp-lq0z8loa4\" id=\"bgMedia_comp-lq0z8loa4\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"V5AUxf\" data-testid=\"columns\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"comp-lq0z8lob1 YzqVVZ wixui-column-strip__column\" id=\"comp-lq0z8lob1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-testid=\"inline-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-lq0z8lob1inlineContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-lq0z8lob1inlineContent-gridContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"richTextElement\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-lq0z8loc wixui-rich-text\" id=\"comp-lq0z8loc\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eOsnaburg linen was a coarse linen cloth, purchased by slave-owners in the West Indies and the USA to make clothes for enslaved people on their estates. William Baxter of Balgavies belonged to a family that had been connected with the weaver trade in Dundee from the beginning of the eighteenth century and, in 1836, Messrs W. Baxter \u0026amp; Sons became the first mill in Dundee to weave large quantities of linen by power loom. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/landedfamilies.blogspot.com\/2021\/07\/463-baxter-of-kilmaron-castle-and.html\"\u003eFurther reading on the Baxter family.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetal: \u003c\/strong\u003e18ct Gold (not marked as was custom, but tested)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRing Size: \u003c\/strong\u003eA size 'U' or '10' and no possibility to adjust\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fetheray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55370120429943,"sku":"#73913","price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/4559\/files\/73913-antique-mourning-ring-for-elizabeth-baxter-of-dundee-1804-10.jpg?v=1751721487","url":"https:\/\/www.fetheray.mom\/products\/mourning-ring-for-elizabeth-baxter-of-dundee-d-1804","provider":"Fetheray","version":"1.0","type":"link"}