Cuff link
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gold, enamel, leather and paper
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 517351
Summary
Pair gold and enamel mourning cuff-links, containing coronets and initial N and locks of hair, inscription 'in memory of Visct. Nelson killed at Trafalgar 18th Oct. 1805', remounted to form brooch and 2 studs. In leather case with letter from Mrs Sugden to whom they descended, dated 1903.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.