Lot Essay
The inscription to the cover reads 'Gage d'amour et de fidelité à son mari bien aimé C.C/de A.M.C/Janyr 20 1825'
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A GEORGE IV VARI-COLOUR GOLD VINAIGRETTE
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES RAWLINGS, LONDON, 1824
Oblong, the hinged cover chased in relief with an inscription on a matted ground and set in the centre with a panel of plaited hair under glass, within a chased and engraved floral border with rosette thumbpiece, the sides and base engine-turned, the openwork grille bright-cut engraved with a lute and musical score, foliage and flowers, marked inside the cover, base and grille, in original red leather case
1½in. (3.7cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES RAWLINGS, LONDON, 1824
Oblong, the hinged cover chased in relief with an inscription on a matted ground and set in the centre with a panel of plaited hair under glass, within a chased and engraved floral border with rosette thumbpiece, the sides and base engine-turned, the openwork grille bright-cut engraved with a lute and musical score, foliage and flowers, marked inside the cover, base and grille, in original red leather case
1½in. (3.7cm.) long