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An early 19th-century oval portrait miniature on an ivory panel depicting a bust-length likeness of The Revd. Jeremiah Joyce (1763–1816) (ivory certification number UDZPZL9U), together with a small collection of items of the subject's personal belongings including a pressed circular tortoiseshell snuff box bearing an inscription that is thought to have been a Christening present from the Rev. J. Mason in 1763 and a silver Erskine & Gibbs and Trial by Jury, token struck by the solicitor representing Joyce leading to his release from his incarceration whilst awaiting trial on charges of high treason, and other familial items.
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Jeremiah Joyce (1763–1816) was an English Unitarian minister and writer. He achieved notoriety as one of the group of political activists arrested in May 1794. Historical background and contextual information Credit: Wikipedia.
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