Antique "5-26-45" 1840s 22K yellow gold wedding band or stacking ring
A 22K yellow gold antebellum period ring with nearly 180 years worth of history. The modest wedding band is engraved "John & Margaret, May 26th 1845." In 1845 in the United States, all 26 established states were to the East of the Missouri River (Florida had just been admitted in March of that year). The rest of the land was organized into Territories, partially occupied by the British, or claimed by Mexico. At the time this ring was engraved, indigenous tribes were being displaced everywhere, both by individual settlers and as policy of the Federal Government (Trail of Tears). Frederick Douglass had only recently escaped slavery. Many other men, women and children were enslaved in the South and would be for decades to come. The first telegraph had not yet been sent. Abraham Lincoln was beginning to dabble in politics. The Oregon Trail was in use by settlers moving West. Across "The Pond," Queen Victoria was a young monarch and had just given birth to her son, Edward, the future King. There was much sorrow in the world and also . . . much hope.
Measurements: Size 6 1/4 US, 2.1 grams. 2.7 mm wide
Era: Victorian/Antebellum, 1845
Markings: 22K
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