Signet ring
Category
Jewellery
Date
1834
Materials
Gold, cornelian, hair.
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288871
Summary
Small William IV Lady's gold ring, circa 1834. Set with a cornelian intaglio seal stone engraved 'adieu pour vous' on a carved gold mount with embossed lyre shoulders, inscribed within '21 July 1834'; inner oval hair locket compartment.
Provenance
Calke Abbey and contents transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.