Finger ring

Description

A rose gold cameo and diamond (or paste ?) set ring with accompanying box; the oval hard-stone cameo depicting a male bust (James VIII?) in profile set in a border of old cut diamonds; the reverse set with glazed locket containing a lock of hair, with the initials ‘IR’ ‘VIII’ surmounted by a crown

Museum reference

X.2015.105.5.1

Object name

Finger ring

Materials

Gold, Diamond, Paste, Hard stone, Hair

Exhibitions

• Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites (23 Jun 2017 - 12 Nov 2017)
  National Museum of Scotland