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One of a collection of Jacobite relics amassed by Sir John Hynde Cotton and his descendants - a gold and gemstone fob seal engraved with a leaf and Je Ne Change Oue'n
Bracelet of white metal set with clear stones, hinged, and probably worn by an actress: Asia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, 19th century
Comb of horn, oblong with a curved top, ornamented with an engraved brass top set with clear stones: South Asia, Sri Lanka, Kandy, 19th century
Hairpin of white metal gilt, with the upper part decorated in openwork, and the top set with white stones and the shaft with dark stones: South Asia, Sri Lanka, 19th century
Detachable top for a hairpin, of brass set with white stones: South Asia, Sri Lanka, 19th century
Necessaire consisting of a box with a hinged lid, the foot, sides and slightly domed top of bloodstone set in gold and covered with an openwork design in the same metal: English, London, c. 1760
Circular gold snuffbox inlaid with various stones in a radiating pattern: German, Dresden, by Johann Christian Neuber, c. 1785 - 1790
Oval snuffbox with a hinged lid, formed of various stones arranged in geometric designs and set in gold: probably German, Dresden, by Johann Christian Neuber, c. 1775
Oval snuffbox of gold, jewelled and enamelled, with a hinged lid, the lid set with an oval enamel plaque painted with a youth in classical dress and two ladies: Germany or Switzerland, c. 1780
Silver-gilt chalice with bell-shaped cup and a stem and foot decorated with the Old Testament stories of Melchizedek giving bread and wine to Abraham and the Israelite spies returning with the giant bunch of grapes and chiselled with cherub heads set with emerald opal, dyed quartz, paste, rubies, garnets, turquoise and quartz: first half of the 17th century
Lantern clock with double foliot escapement, of engraved brass plates, corner pillars of silver inset with coloured stones, and revolving silver dial inscribed anti-clockwise with the twelve hour symbols (and with thirteen holes for peg to set alarm bell), within black lacquered case and stand decorated in gold with birds and plants: maker unknown, Japan, mid 19th century