Books, Manuscripts, and Documents Watch belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.70
Artist/Designer/Maker
Wansey, Henry - Attributed to
Production date
1822
Material
paper
pen
ink
pencil
pen
ink
pencil
Technique
Writing (Processes)
Handwriting
Handwriting
Dimensions
Height: 370mm
Width: 228mm
Width: 228mm
References
Reference (free text)
W H Smyth, 'Description of an Astrological Clock Belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of London', Archaeologia 33 (1849): 8-35.
See especially p. 9.
The item is a page of notes concerning a watch which belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots. It describes the watch in detail. It was thought to have been given to her by her husband Francis I of France. At the bottom of the page there is a sketch of a watch said to have belonged to Richard the Abbot of Glastonbury.