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UNMARKED, CIRCA 1649
Details
A LARGE CHARLES I SILVER AND GILT-METAL ROYALIST RELIQUARY PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A BOOK
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1649
The cover applied with an openwork gold "jewel" incorporating three crystals and a white enamelled crown and Royal cipher, decorated in white, red, blue and green enamel, the hinged cover opening to reveal a cut-out portrait of Charles I in profile on one side and, on the other side, a piece of blood-stained cloth, the inside of the spine set with three faceted crystals, the front and back covers each decorated on one side with two fleurs-de-lys which connected two straps (now lacking) that served to fasten the locket
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high
UNMARKED, CIRCA 1649
The cover applied with an openwork gold "jewel" incorporating three crystals and a white enamelled crown and Royal cipher, decorated in white, red, blue and green enamel, the hinged cover opening to reveal a cut-out portrait of Charles I in profile on one side and, on the other side, a piece of blood-stained cloth, the inside of the spine set with three faceted crystals, the front and back covers each decorated on one side with two fleurs-de-lys which connected two straps (now lacking) that served to fasten the locket
2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Major Cyril Sloane-Stanley, a descendant of Sir Hans Sloane from whom he may have inherited this piece.
Christie's London, 25 November 1975, lot 55.
Christie's London, 25 November 1975, lot 55.
Literature
Basil S. Long, The Collector, February 1930, Vol. IX, No. 33, "Stuart Relics in the Possession of Major Cyril Sloane-Stanley", Fig. 2 and 2a.
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