Jacobite garter
Garter
ca. 1745 (made)
ca. 1745 (made)
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Garter of woven silk inscribed 'OUR PRINCE IS BRAVE OUR CAUSE IS JUST'. At each end is a chequer pattern in green, blue, yellow, orange and white.
Object details
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| Title | Jacobite garter (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silk |
| Brief description | Jacobite garter of woven silk, inscribed with a message of support for Charles Edward Stuart. England, ca. 1745 |
| Physical description | Garter of woven silk inscribed 'OUR PRINCE IS BRAVE OUR CAUSE IS JUST'. At each end is a chequer pattern in green, blue, yellow, orange and white. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'OUR PRINCE IS BRAVE OUR CAUSE IS JUST' (Inscribed in white on a blue ground, and the words are separated by parallel yellow and orange stripes.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Evelyn Cooke |
| Historical context | 'The Manchester Magazine', 30 December 1746 : "Several looms have lately been employed to furnish watch strings and garters with this elegant motto God preserve PC and down with the Rump"; and 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1748 p.461 (essay on garters) : " ...not to be daubed with plaid and crammed with treason. I was creditably informed that garters of this sort were first introduced in the late rebellion by some female aid de camps [sic]". quoted in M. Darby, 'Jacobite Garters', Victoria & Albert Museum Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 4, October 1966, pp. 157-163). |
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| Accession number | T.121-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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