A late 18th century gentleman's Jacobite gold and bloodstone supporter's ring
Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£3,125
Description
unmarked, the gold shank with finely engraved foliate details to shoulders and shank, the shield shaped head with intaglio engraved bloodstone seal inscribed 'AWA WHIGS AWA'
Footnote
Provenance:
Threipland family collection
By direct descent
Fingask Castle, 26th – 28th April 1993, Christies, Lot 948
Exhibition:
Royal House of Stuart, The New Gallery London 1889, No. 527
Museum of Science and Arts, Edinburgh 1892, No.118-42B