Locket
1891-1892 (made)
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The locket was probably made to celebrate the engagement of the Princess and the Duke. Unfortunately, he died very soon after the engagement and Princess May married the Duke's younger brother, the future King George V.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, with photograph |
| Brief description | Silver with photographs under glass, England, Birmingham, 1891-2 |
| Physical description | Silver locket with photographs of Princess May of Teck and the Duke of Clarence. Double sided circular pendant in silver with the photographs mounted behind glass. The sides of the drum are set with ten balls between two cables which run around the drum. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. R. J. Johnson in memory of Janet Eileen Johnson |
| Object history | The sponsor's mark is slightly obscured by solder, but appears to be ?CO in a cameo punch. The nearest mark in Silversmiths of Birmingham, ed. K.C. Jones, (London, 1981), is that of J.C. Osborn, whip mount maker, October 1882, p.350, but this cannot be offered with much assurance. |
| Historical context | The locket was probably made to celebrate the engagement of Princess May of Teck and the Duke of Clarence, whose photographs it holds, rather than to mourn the sad outcome. The engagement lasted from December 1891 until the Duke's death on 14 January, 1892. Princess May subsequently married the Duke's younger brother, the future King George V. |
| Summary | The locket was probably made to celebrate the engagement of the Princess and the Duke. Unfortunately, he died very soon after the engagement and Princess May married the Duke's younger brother, the future King George V. |
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| Accession number | M.10-1992 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2007 |
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