Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Wooden ring made by Julian Hawthorne as a sixteenth birthday present for his sister Rose [realia].

BIB_ID
221734
Accession number
MA 3400 (2)
Creator
Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934.
Published
1867
Credit line
Gift; Lorenz Reich Jr.; 1980.
Description
1 ring.
Notes
With the initials "R.H." on an inlaid bit of wood.
Originally wrapped with a paper note in the hand of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop that reads: "Ring carved for me by Julian, for my 16th birthday, copied from Papa's seal ring."
Forms part of MA 3400, a collection of Hawthorne family letters and ephemera.
2 cm. diameter
Housed in
Red leather velvet-lined case gilt-stamped "E.L. Hausburg / Manufacturer / Liverpool."
Medium
Wood.
Classification