Lot 5

WELLINGTON, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS AND WATERLOO, a commemoration in the 200th anniversary year of the battle of Waterloo (Lots 1-50)

A GOLD-PLATED BOX CONTAINING A LOCK OF THE 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S HAIR

THE BOX DATED '21 APRIL 1850'

Details

A GOLD-PLATED BOX CONTAINING A LOCK OF THE 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S HAIR
THE BOX DATED '21 APRIL 1850'
With silk lining and velvet exterior, the box pierced and engraved with scrollwork, two glazed ovals to the lid, one internal and the other external, each containing a lock of hair, 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) x 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.)

Provenance

From the estate of Lady Frances Shelley.

Lot Essay

Lady Shelley, a famous horsewoman and almost certainly sometime mistress of the Duke of Wellington, accompanied the Duke at a great review of troops at Paris in 1815 where she was allowed the honour of riding his charger Copenhagen.

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