Mourning Ephemera for George Washington
name: label: associated person
content: Washington, George
label: associated institution
content: Mount Vernon
notes: label: Description
content: The collector of these objects was likely a member of the Ball family related to George Washington through his mother. Onto this white satin ribbon the collector pasted afragment of black mourning crepe that draped the hatchment (a tablet bearing the coat of arms of the deceased) hung at Mount Vernon at the time of Washington's death in December 1799. The collector also attached a piece of yellow silk ribbon from the staff of the flag of Washington's bodyguard and a red wax impression of the crest of Joseph Ball, grandfather of George Washington).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: National Symbols
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.223315.03
label: catalog number
content: 223315.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: black (textile fragment color)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, crepe (textile fragment material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (seal material)