Gold stick pin modeled as a snake 19th century...

Gold stick pin modeled as a snake

19th century

The head set with two red stone eyes; together with a gold mourning ring with oval glass reserve depicting covered urn under willow tree, the reverse inscribed, "John Graves/ obt Augt 13 1818/ AE 36," and a triangular school pin with the number 17 in oval reserve centering the initials, "EHF/ S"

L: 3 1/4 in. (pin); Ring size: 4 1/2

PROVENANCE:

The Collection of Irvin & Anita Schorsch.
Pin: Arthur Guy Kaplan, Baltimore, Maryland, October 9, 1995.
Ring: Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1996.