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 This is a mourning ring, worn to indicate (along with the strict wearing of black) the recent death of a loved one. The writing around the centre funeral urn states that it is in memory of ‘Mary Skynner OB [who died aged] 63 [on] 14 November 1797’. Given her age, this Mary could not be Eliza’s mother, but perhaps her grandmother? This is a mourning ring, worn to indicate (along with the strict wearing of black) the recent death of a loved one. The writing around the centre funeral urn states that it is in memory of ‘Mary Skynner OB [who died aged] 63 [on] 14 November 1797’. Given her age, this Mary could not be Eliza’s mother, but perhaps her grandmother?
  
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 The family has five books that belonged to Eliza (apart from the above noted //Aesop's Fables// which she presumably inherited) – all on religious themes with a strong evangelical flavour. A  sixth was a gift to her husband on his 66th birthday. The family has five books that belonged to Eliza (apart from the above noted //Aesop's Fables// which she presumably inherited) – all on religious themes with a strong evangelical flavour. A  sixth was a gift to her husband on his 66th birthday.
  
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