Lot Essay
Of the fifty-eight examples of this ring made by Salter, thirty-one were for Nelson's close family and friends, the rest for pall-barer's and other dignitaries.
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A GOLD AND ENAMEL MOURNING RING FOR LORD NELSON, BY JOHN SALTER, 1806
the black enamel plaque inscribed TRAFALGAR, with gothic letters N B over, surrmounted with coronets for a duke and a viscount, applied to a plain gold band engraved on the inner edge Lost to his Country 21 Octr 1805 Aged 47 and on the outer with the Latin motto PALAM QUI MERUIT FERAT
See illustration
the black enamel plaque inscribed TRAFALGAR, with gothic letters N B over, surrmounted with coronets for a duke and a viscount, applied to a plain gold band engraved on the inner edge Lost to his Country 21 Octr 1805 Aged 47 and on the outer with the Latin motto PALAM QUI MERUIT FERAT
See illustration
Literature
Nelson Dispatch Vol 3, pt XII, Oct 1990
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