Jewel box, with portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart

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This circular jewel box has a lid decorated with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart.

Circular jewel box with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart

After Culloden, Charles escaped to France and then to Rome. By his death in 1788, the threat of an armed Jacobite revival was unthinkable. The cause became the subject of romantic nostalgia, expressed through poetry and song as well as objects and relics.

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• Online ID: 000-100-002-042-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.UD 2
• Date: 18th or 19th century
  
• Material: Box, jewel
  
• Dimensions: 39 mm H x 93 mm Dia
  
• What: Box, jewel
  
• Subject: Costume - small personal boxes (patch, cosmetics, jewel) (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: Prince Charles Edward Stuart or Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie)
  
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