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Lot 161
A GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE RING, CIRCA 1880 depicting a l...
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Hammer
£1,800
A GEORGIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE RING, CIRCA 1880
depicting a lady, her hair dressed with pearls.
Possibly The Duchess of Cork.
Mounted in gold
Ring size
Total weight 4.3gms
By Repute
By repute from descendants of the Earls of Cork, who owned Marston House, near Frome
Queen Victoria refers to meeting the Duchess of Cork in her journals in 1838 and refers to her as the 'old Lady Cork'. By this time Lady Cork was 92 and was apparently a great favourite of George III and Queen Charlotte.
Closed
Auction Date:
22nd Mar 2023
at
10:30am
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