STUART RELICS
An oval clasp with wire monogram J.M.C. beneath gilt putti supporting an enamel crown on a plaited hair ground within wirework border behind a faceted crystal, the outer borders set with alternate pearls and garnets, the reverse enamelled with formal foliage in pin, black and white; a memorial ring to H. Gough, died aged 13, 18 January 1723, makers mark W.E., the hoop engraved with the skeleton, hour glass, pick and shovel on a white enamel ground, the bezel with a skull and crossbone on a black background behind a faceted crystal; a portrait of Charles II in the bezel of a plain gold ring (crystal cracked); a cornelian intaglio of Charles I, the gold mount enamelled in black, the hoop of black enamel loops divided by five rose-cut diamonds; a gold ring, the octagonal bezel set with monogram SW beneath a faceted crystal;a gold ring, the oval bezel set with monogram DEL and coronet beneath a faceted crystal, the shoulders and borders enamelled with stylised foliage in pink and black on a gold ground; portrait miniatures of James III, the Old Pretender, and his wife Maria Clementina Sobieska, English School, circa 1720, enamel; and Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender set in a rectangular wood frame (9)

Details
An oval clasp with wire monogram J.M.C. beneath gilt putti supporting an enamel crown on a plaited hair ground within wirework border behind a faceted crystal, the outer borders set with alternate pearls and garnets, the reverse enamelled with formal foliage in pin, black and white; a memorial ring to H. Gough, died aged 13, 18 January 1723, makers mark W.E., the hoop engraved with the skeleton, hour glass, pick and shovel on a white enamel ground, the bezel with a skull and crossbone on a black background behind a faceted crystal; a portrait of Charles II in the bezel of a plain gold ring (crystal cracked); a cornelian intaglio of Charles I, the gold mount enamelled in black, the hoop of black enamel loops divided by five rose-cut diamonds; a gold ring, the octagonal bezel set with monogram SW beneath a faceted crystal;a gold ring, the oval bezel set with monogram DEL and coronet beneath a faceted crystal, the shoulders and borders enamelled with stylised foliage in pink and black on a gold ground; portrait miniatures of James III, the Old Pretender, and his wife Maria Clementina Sobieska, English School, circa 1720, enamel; and Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender

set in a rectangular wood frame (9)
Exhibited
London, New Gallery, Regent Street, The Royal House of Stuart, Spring 1889

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