Ring
Category
Jewellery
Date
1865 (circa)
Materials
Gold and moonstone.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288797
Summary
A moonstone ring, circa 1865. The ring is mounted with an off-round moonstone cabochon bezel set on a plain gold signet setting.
Full description
This ring, belonging to Sir John Hapur Crewe (1824-86), was a gift from his cousin, Selina Frances Stanhope Lovell (born c. 1835). It is recorded in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case (Derbyshire Record Office, D22375/H/F/2/27).
Provenance
A moonstone ring made around 1865 and given to Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86) by his cousin, Selina Frances Stanhope Lovell (born c. 1835). Recorded in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case. Thence by descent to Henry Harpur-Crewe (1921-91) and transferred with Calke Abbey and its contents to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of Capital Transfer Tax in 1985 with an endowment provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.