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Maker: Unknown
Gold, hair (of Charles I), black silk. Oval locket with the script monogram CR, with crown above mounted in gold on the plain surface. Inside, on black silk and under flat glass, a lock of hair and a crown in gold. On the back of the locket is inscribed, some in elaborate script and with decorations: THIS LOCK OF HAIR/CUT FROM/THE HEAD OF/KING CHARLES IST/WHEN HIS GRAVE WAS OPENED/IN THE PRESENCE OF/GEORGE IV/AND OTHERS, APRIL IST 1813/GIVEN BY/GEORGE IV/TO THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND/AND BY HIM/PRESENTED TO/MRS NUGENT.
History note: Given by George VI to the Duke of Cumberlandand; by him presented to Mrs Nugent. From then unknown before testator.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 10.0 mm
Length: 40.0 mm
Width: 100.0 mm
Width: 32.0 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1960) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
19th Century
Production date:
after
AD 1813
Part
composed of
hair
gold
silk (textile)
glass
Jump Ring
Length 10.0 mm
Width 10.0 mm
Accession number: M.97-1961
Primary reference Number: 47099
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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