Snuff box with a miniature portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart

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This snuff box has a miniature portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart on the underside of the lid.

The iron box has reddish-brown enamel decoration and silver mounts. The portrait of the Prince is under glass.

By the Prince's death in 1788 the threat of an armed Jacobite insurrection was unthinkable. The cause soon became the subject of romantic nostalgia, expressed through poetry and song as well as objects and relics.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-916-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1960.1
• Date: 18th or 19th century
  18th/19th century
  
• Material: Iron, red brown enamel, silver, glass
  Snuffbox
  
• Dimensions: 30 mm H x 70 mm Dia
  
• What: Snuffbox
  
• Subject:
• Who: Prince Charles Edward Stuart or Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) (subject)
  
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• Description: Circular snuffbox of iron with red brown enamel, silver mounted, with a miniature of Charles Edward Stuart on the underside of the lid, 18th or 19th century
  
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