Memento
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1804
Materials
Hair
Measurements
7 mm (Height); 37 mm (Diameter)
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781514.2.4
Summary
Brass circular box with pierced lid containing a lock of Jonathan Peckover's hair tied with a pink thread. With label 'Jonathan Peckover hair'. Reverse of box impressed 'Scented Gems, 2 New Bond St, Piesse & Lubin Perfumery Facotrs, London'.
Provenance
Created by Alexander, Lord Peckover, in the mid 19th-century and passed down through the family. Loaned to the National Trust by the Antony Penrose Collection.