Pendant
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Charlotte Jones, born 1768 - died 1847 (perhaps, artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Gold, enamel, rock crystal, and diamonds set with a miniature and with three small curls of hair under crystal
- Credit Line:
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91 mezzanine, case 81, shelf D6, box 3
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This memorial pendant was made in 1817 to commemorate the death of Princess Charlotte. She was the only daughter of the Prince of Wales (the future George IV) and his wife, Caroline of Brunswick. Charlotte had married Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the future king of the Belgians, in 1816 and died in childbirth the following year. Three locks of her hair have been curled into the shape of Prince of Wales’ feathers. These are mounted in the vase that hangs below the miniature. Charlotte’s coat of arms is enamelled on the reverse.
Charlotte Jones was appointed miniature painter to the Princess, and exhibited portraits of her at the Royal Academy in 1808, 1812, 1816 and 1819. This miniature may have been exhibited in 1816. Jones painted a portrait of the same composition in 1814, and the engraver John Samuel Agar published a stipple engraving after this portrait in the same year.
Physical description
Gold with enamel, diamonds, rock crystal and hair under glass, the hair is curled in the form of the Prince of Wales’s feathers.
Gold pendant set with a miniature portrait of Princess Charlotte. On the reverse the Royal arms in enamel and pendant inscribed PC/ 1817
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
1817 (made)
Artist/maker
Charlotte Jones, born 1768 - died 1847 (perhaps, artist)
Materials and Techniques
Gold, enamel, rock crystal, and diamonds set with a miniature and with three small curls of hair under crystal
Marks and inscriptions
Engraved "PC 1817"
Dimensions
Height: 9.2 cm with chains
Object history note
Historical significance: Charlotte Augusta was the only child of the Prince of Wales, later George IV, and Caroline of Brunswick. In 1816, she married Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, later the King of the Belgians, and died in childbirth the following year. Here, she stands by an urn, wearing a white dress, an ermine-lined blue cloak and a coral necklace.
Charlotte Jones was appointed miniature painter to the Princess, and exhibited portraits of her at the Royal Academy in 1808, 1812, 1816 and 1819. This miniature may have been exhibited in 1816. Jones painted a portrait of the same composition in 1814, and the engraver John Samuel Agar published a stipple engraving after this portrait in the same year.
Descriptive line
Gold pendant set with a miniature portrait of Princess Charlotte. On the reverse the Royal arms in enamel and pendant inscribed PC/ 1817, England, portrait possibly by Charlotte Jones,1817-18
Materials
Gold; Enamel; Diamond; Rock crystal
Subjects depicted
Coats of arms; Death; Mourning; Miniatures (paintings); Charlotte (Princess)
Categories
Metalwork; Portraits; Royalty; Jewellery; Death
Collection code
MET
