£9,000
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 568
Auction: 14 August 2019 at 11:00 BST
the oval carnelian matrix with intaglio carved half-length portrait bust of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, after the engraving by Sir Robert Strange, collet set in a gilded mount with intricate scroll suspension which forms a stylised crown, in fitted case
Literature: Kelvin, M. (2003). The Jacobite Legacy. 1st ed. Wigtown: G C Book Publishers Ltd, p.142 (2)
Note: The finely carved detail so closely follows the known engraving by Sir Robert Strange of Prince Charles while he was in Edinburgh in 1746 that it offers the tantalising possibility that this was engraved by Sir Robert Strange himself or certainly under his close supervision. Another seal of this pattern is recorded within the collection of Blair Castle.