The Property of a Lady
A 17th Century silver commemorative locket for Charles I, the heart shape form engraved with a stylised sword above a winged heart, the reverse with the inscription I live and dy in loyalte above a heart pierced with arrows, the interior with a medallic portrait of the King and inscription I morne for monarchie.
Details
A 17th Century silver commemorative locket for Charles I, the heart shape form engraved with a stylised sword above a winged heart, the reverse with the inscription I live and dy in loyalte above a heart pierced with arrows, the interior with a medallic portrait of the King and inscription I morne for monarchie.
See Front Cover Illustration
See Front Cover Illustration
Further details
For a similar locket cf. Shirley Bury, Jewellery Gallery Summary Catalogue V & A, 1982, case 14, board H number 12.
Illustrated in Shirley Bury Sentimental Jewellery p.7a.
Illustrated in Shirley Bury Sentimental Jewellery p.7a.