Crown Jewels and Plate - 1660 - Present Day
Reference code
SIT/01/02/A
Title
Crown Jewels and Plate - 1660 - Present Day
Level of description
file
Scope and content
Handwritten copies of inventories of regalia from 1660 to present day. The lists detail all plate and regalia on charge to the jewel office and are listed by location and full descriptions, with weights given are included for many objects. There are also some inventories from tower guides, indicating objects of regalia which would have been on display around 1784 onwards.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London