A 10-carat gold Kingston General Hospital class ring; the face of the ring has the Kingston General Hospital logo, but it is very worn; made by Canadian jeweller Birks.
A 10-carat gold Kingston General Hospital class ring; the face of the ring has the Kingston General Hospital logo, but it is very worn; made by Canadian jeweller Birks.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to the donor's mother-in-law, Pauline Swain (nee Kreiner) a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, class of 1955.
Maker
Birks
Dates
1955
circa 1955
Date Remarks
The owner graduated in 1955.
Material
metal; yellow
Inscriptions
"BIRKS // 10K" engraved on the inside face of the ring; "Paulie" engraved on the inner face of the ring
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-2 Box 1
Depth
1.5 cm
Diameter
1.9 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Depth 1.5 cm x Diameter: 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
The face of the ring is almost entirely worn off.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
Kingston Health Sciences Centre website, "KGH School of Nursing," (https://kingstonhsc.ca/kgh-school-nursing)
Research Facts
Pauline Swain was born in October 1932 and died in December 2004.
The first graduating class of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1888; the school was created in order to educate nurses as the demand for them increased, as well as providing a labour force to the hospital. When the first nurses graduated, they were given a certificate of completion, twenty five dollars, and a nursing medal. Over the years, nurses were sometimes given pins and/or rings to commemorate their graduation from the school.