Lot 370

JACOBITE INTEREST - A FRAMED CURTAIN SECTION
18TH CENTURY




Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 17 August 2022 at 11:00 BST
£1,764
Description
the decorated fragment with foliate and floral details, within card mount with inscription reading ‘Relic of Bonnie Prince Charlie. The above piece of Curtain from the bed in which Prince Charles Edward Stuart slept for three nights prior to the fateful Battle of Culloden Moor. This historic bed was purchased by Mr. Lawson Johnstone from the Culloden Estate and the authenticity of the relic is beyond question’, within a square oak frame
Dimensions
relic: 6cm high, 10cm wide, frame: 22cm high, 22cm wide
Footnote
Note: For a similar example see Scottish Works of Art & Whisky, Lyon & Turnbull 12th Aug 2020, lot 366 and Fine Antiques, Lyon & Turnbull, 4th Oct 2012, lot 15



