Garter
Category
Gold
Date
1489
Materials
Gold, Textile, Enamel and Silver
Measurements
55 x 655 x 155 mm; 530 mm (Length - garter); 40 mm (Width - buckle); 22 mm (Width - ribbon)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515303
Summary
Garter of the Order of the Garter, gold buckle chased in green, red and white enamels with foliage and 7 red and white roses, blue ribbon with silver motto 'Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pens' Bestowed by Henry VII on Maximilian I in 1489. On perspex plate over red velvet in a gilt frame. Inscription engraved on metal plate within gilt stand 'The Most Noble Order of the Garter bestowed by Henry VII upon Maxilimian, afterwards Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, when King of the Romans in 1489'. 'This is the earliest known Garter, that in the Rosenburg, the next in date, was given to Frederick II, King of Denmark, by Queen Elizabeth in 1582'.
Provenance
Part of the Fairhaven Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)