Drawings Gold and enamel ring of Mary, Queen of Scots
Object number
LDSAL2020.34.78
Production date
Circa 1810
Material
Paper
Watercolour
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 255mm
Width: 192mm
Height (of Mount): 298mm
Width (of Mount): 237mm
Width: 192mm
Height (of Mount): 298mm
Width (of Mount): 237mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Ring given by Mary Queen of Scots to one of the Ancestors of the Mansfield family, vide his letter. This drawing was presented to the Society by the late Earl.
Nov. 15. 1810.
Nov. 15. 1810.
Inscription content
size of the original.
Inscription content
WL
1842
1842
References
Reference (free text)
Joan Evans, A History of Jewellery, 1100-1870 2nd edn. (London: Faber and Faber, 1970), pp. 116.See pl. V, opp. p. 104, and pl. VI for illustrations of a possibly related object.
Reference (free text)
Albert Way, 'The Signet-Ring and Silver Bell of Mary, Queen of Scots', Archaeological Journal 15 (1858): 253-66.
Reference (free text)
'Presents to the Society', Archaeologia 16 (1810): 372.