Hair
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1895
Materials
metal, hair, paper and glass
Measurements
110 mm (Width); 152 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220242
Summary
Lock of Hermit's hair in a silver frame. Hair taken from his mane on the morning of the Derby in 1867, purchased at Sotheby's auction on 12th November 1997 by Lady Bury.
Provenance
Purchased at auction [Sothebys] on 12.11.97 by Lady Mairi Bury, On loan to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009), then purchased by the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Mairi Bury 2012.
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection
Marks and inscriptions
On reverse: NOTE purchased at auction [Sothebys] on 12.11.97 by Lady Mairi Bury