A lock of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's hair
Jacobite, Stuart, and Scottish Applied Arts
Auction: 13 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
£550
Description
the woven hair mounted on a ivory plaque lozenge shape, with accompanied lose glazed font without mount, in a circular red leather box
Dimensions
30mm x 15mm
Footnote
Provenance:
Purportedly cut from Prince Charles Edward Stuart by John Stewart, Secretary to the Prince and given directly to the grandmother of Lady Nairn, Lady Strowen.
Referred to in the 1899 book by Rev George Henderson M.A, B.D, 'Lady Nairn and her Songs'