£5,292
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky | 748
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
commemorating the death of Princess Elizabeth Stuart, the oval glazed panel enclosing a locket of hair with the letter E in script on a woven silk ground, plain rub over setting, the rear engraved ‘Princess Elizth Ob Sept 8 1650, the shank within a slight threaded edge; together with a photograph (early 20th century) of the tomb in the Isle of Wight of Princess Elizabeth and envelope from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland L.1955.17
Provenance:
Property of a Gentleman – Previously from the collection of Sir Colin MacRae (1869-1952) of Feorlinn and Lady Margaret Crichton Stuart (1875-1964)
Note: Elizabeth Stuart (28 December 1635 – 8 September 1650) was the second daughter of Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife, Henrietta Maria of France.
From age six until her death at age 15, Elizabeth was a prisoner of the English Parliament during the English Civil War. Her emotional written account of her final meeting with her father on the eve of his execution and his final words to his children have been published in numerous histories about the Civil War and Charles I.