Maker: Unknown
Mourning 'fausse montre' locket. Gilt metla (probably a copper alloy), hair (of Swinburne and Rossetti) and white silk. Circular with chased gold ring for suspension. The front and back engine-turned with a radiating geometrical pattern. The border chased with flowers and foliage in rococo style. Inside is a circular compartment lined with white silk on which lies a dark brown and a light brown curl of hair decorated with gold wire covered with a convex glass disc. On the interior of the hinged cover is the engraved inscription:
Hair of
D.G. Rossetti
cut in 1877.
and of A.C. Swinburne
cut in 1870
given to S.C. Cockerell
by W.M. Rossetti in 1910
and by
Isabel Swinburne
in 1913
History note: Given to Charles Ricketts by S.G. Cockerell in 1926. It became C.H. Shannon's property after Ricketts' death in 1931.
The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937
Depth: 5 mm
Height: 51 mm
Width: 37.5 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood
20th Century, Early
Circa
1910
-
Circa
1926
Part composed of gilt metal hair silk (textile)
Accession number: M/P.6-1937
Primary reference Number: 47096
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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