A lock of Bonnie Prince Charlie's hair ‡
£1,250
Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
the lock of hair in simple scroll, within an inlaid wooden frame
Dimensions
frame 9.2cm x 10cm
Footnote
Provenance:
Crown Prince of Bavaria
gifted to Rev Dr Donald Orman
Harold Moyse
gifted to Mrs Shelagh MacLeod (nee Boyd)
by direct descent
Notes: With accompanying letter stating 'This is a genuine lock of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's (Bonnie Prince Charlie) hair. It was given to the Rev Dr Donald Omand, an Anglican Priest, by the ex crown Prince of Bavaria, whose mother was a member of the Stewart Clan.
The Rev Dr Donald Ormand requested that it should be given to me, Harold Moyse, who is of Scottish descent at my death it must be given to a Scot whom I shall name. Should the person named below refuse to accept it, it must be given to a museum in Edinburgh which has the only other lock of the Princes hair in existence. The person whom this is to be given is Mrs Shelagh MacLeod (nee Boyd) of 19 Clunie Street Banff, Grampian AB4 I47. If unable to trace there refer to her parents 'RedLaugh' West Main Street Blackburn W.Lothian'