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A GOLD MOURNING-RING COMMEMORATING SPENCER PERCEVAL
The broad hoop with central black enamel band inscribed 'Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval ob. 11 May 1812 ae. 49', engraved within 'died by the hand of an assassin', 18ct., by Samuel Glover, London, 1811, finger size M
Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of England, shot while entering the House of Commons by a bankrupt named Bellingham who had a grievance against the government
Exhibited: Chelsea Antiques Fair Sept 1991 Loan Exhibition Mourning Rings, no.16
Cf. O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the British Museum,
1912, no.1446 and G. Taylor & D. Scarisbrick, Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, 1978, no.875 (loaned by Victoria & Albert Museum)
The broad hoop with central black enamel band inscribed 'Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval ob. 11 May 1812 ae. 49', engraved within 'died by the hand of an assassin', 18ct., by Samuel Glover, London, 1811, finger size M
Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of England, shot while entering the House of Commons by a bankrupt named Bellingham who had a grievance against the government
Exhibited: Chelsea Antiques Fair Sept 1991 Loan Exhibition Mourning Rings, no.16
Cf. O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the British Museum,
1912, no.1446 and G. Taylor & D. Scarisbrick, Finger Rings from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day, 1978, no.875 (loaned by Victoria & Albert Museum)