White  Family.  A collection of items relating to the family...

Hammer

€500

White  Family.  A collection of items relating to the family of Cottie (White) Yeats, including:

- A  gold locket enclosing a portrait of a moustachioed gentleman, Victorian, middle-aged, evidently John Philip White, Cottie's father (see envelope);
- Four various rings, hallmarked;
- An envelope inscribed in Cottie's hand, 'Mamma & Father / John Philip White  / Georgina White', containing an oval miniature portrait of a Victorian lady, presumably Georgina; also death notice of Georgina White wrapped in mourning paper;
- An envelope inscribed in Cottie's hand, 'Georgina White / Mamma's wedding ring etc., old letters of mine to her as a child - announcement of death - 1934', containing three childish letters from Cottie to Mama, circa 1874-5. 
As a collection, w.a.f. (1)

Provenance:  Yeats family, from Jack Yeats' Bank Deposit Trunk.