Lot 500
0
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART: SECTIONS OF CLOAK CUTTINGS
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts | 568
Auction: 14 August 2019 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Description
one red velvet round border with silver and gold bullion embroidery; together with two red velvet off cuts
Dimensions
46cm long (embroidered section), 44cm, 35cm long
Footnote
Note: These three sections of red velvet are accompanied by a hand-written envelope detailing their provenance from the 1740s.
This reads "pieces of red velvet part of Prince Charles Edward's cloak given by him to Colonel Hamilton brother of my g. grandmother, *** Babington. after the fighting of 1741".