JACOBITE INTEREST - A mid/late 18th century gem-set
JACOBITE INTEREST - A mid/late 18th century gem-set pendant the heart-shaped glazed locket containing a pleated lock of hair, the seed pearl set border with pearl and ruby set intertwined suspender (Length: 2.5cm) Footnote: Notes: With accompanying early 19th century manuscript note reading ‘This brooch in which is Prince Charles Edwards hair was given to Sir William Napier’s mother by Flora MacDonald’s niece the hair in the brooch is Prince Charles Edwards’. It is believed the Sir William Napier the note refers is the General who served with distinction in Wellingtons army in the peninsula wars. Not only a renowned military figure he was an avid historian publishing widely on army history
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JACOBITE INTEREST - A mid/late 18th century gem-set pendant the heart-shaped glazed locket containing a pleated lock of hair, the seed pearl set border with pearl and ruby set intertwined suspender (Length: 2.5cm) Footnote: Notes: With accompanying early 19th century manuscript note reading ‘This brooch in which is Prince Charles Edwards hair was given to Sir William Napier’s mother by Flora MacDonald’s niece the hair in the brooch is Prince Charles Edwards’. It is believed the Sir William Napier the note refers is the General who served with distinction in Wellingtons army in the peninsula wars. Not only a renowned military figure he was an avid historian publishing widely on army history
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