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White enamel was often, though not universally used to commemorate children and unmarried adults.  As the white enamel of this ring suggests, Osbaldeston died unmarried and his estate passed to his nephew Humphrey Brooke who adopted the Osbaldeston name. \r\n\r\nFountayne Wentworth Osbaldeston was the Member of Parliament for Scarborough, succeeding his older brother William Osbaldeston of Hunmanby, Yorkshire. His unusual first name commemorates his mother Elizabeth Fountayne's maiden name.  Elizabeth (died 1697)  was the daughter and co-heiress of John Fountayne of Melton. His aunts, Anne and Elizabeth married respectively Sir Matthew Wentworth, the elder, of Bretton and Sir Matthew Wentworth, the younger.  \r\n\r\n","physicalDescription":"Enamelled gold mourning ring, set with a rose-cut diamond,  the hoop inscribed in reserve on white enamel <i>F. W. OSBALDESTON. ESQ:  OB:10. 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Brooke, Gateforth House, Selby, presented, in February 1864, a collection of articles of personal use of the 17th and 18th centuries, being the accumulated memorials of an English family for three or four generations; the most important are watches, rings, seals, lace and court dresses; the total number of objects is 396.” The gift also included 718 books for the new National Art Library. Brooke stipulated that the collection should be kept together and labelled as the ‘Brooke of Gateforth Gift’.  (Eighteenth Report of the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, London, 1865, pp.40-41).\r\n\r\nThe minutes also stipulate “That Mr and Mrs Brooke, and the future possessors of the ‘Gateforth Estate’, provided they bear the name and are of the present family of ‘Brooke’, to have the privilege secured to them (by memorandum recorded in the Books of the Museum, and by possession of a Free Pass Ticket) of entrance into the Museum and Library and the Horticultural Gardens attached, on the holding of any scientific or other meetings, and on all other public occasions.’\r\n","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Enamelled gold mourning ring, the hoop inscribed in reserve on white enamel <i>F. W. OSBALDESTON. ESQ:  OB:10. JUNE. 1770 AE 76.</I>, England, dated 1770","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"The History and Antiquities of Selby, W. Wilberforce Morrell, London, 1867"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Rachel Church, <u>What’s in a name? Butterfield, Fountayne, Robinson and Boynton – using mourning rings to look at 18th-century naming practices,</u> Jewellery History Today, Winter 2021, issue 40, pp. 3-5"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Death","id":"x30761"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["657-1864"],"accessionNumberNum":"657","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1864,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LW0215"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-08","recordCreationDate":"2006-07-10","availableToBook":true}}