£2,800
Ø A COMMEMORATIVE MINIATURE OF LORD NELSON
oil on ivory after Daniel Orme with gilt work border, mounted in gold locket with ropework rim, the reverse with lock of hair engraved around the mount Earl Nelson, Duke of Bronte, Nelson of The Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar / Obt at the moment of Victory, Oct 21st 1805 -- 2½ x 2¼in. (6.5 x 6cm.) overall, IDN: QLM5FQBZ; together with a Bonhams catalogue of 18th March 1998
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Bonhams Knightsbridge Relics, Scientific Instruments and Barometers, Mechanical Music, Cameras and Photographs, 18th March 1998 Lot 1, where it is suggested that the locket was the private property of Horatia, Nelson's daughter by Lady Hamilton, and left to Greenwich on her death in 1881.
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