Ring
Category
Jewellery
Date
1865 (circa)
Materials
Gold and garnet.
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288798
Summary
A gold ring, circa 1865. The ring is bezel-set with an oval polished garnet cabochon on a gold signet style mount with engraved and scalloped decoration.
Full description
This ring, belonging to Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86), was a gift from H.J. Whitaker. It is recorded in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case as a 'carbuncle ring' (Derbyshire Record Office, D2375/H/F/2/27).
Provenance
A ring made around 1865 and given to Sir John Harpur Crewe (1824-86) by H.J. Whitaker. Recorded in the 1886 inventory of the family jewel case as a 'carbuncle ring'. 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.