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Cameo ring with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart

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Postcard of Cameo ring with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart.
000-190-000-805-C
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Cameo ring with a portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stewart

This is the right-hand view of a gold and enamel cameo ring, made around 1748, possibly in Paris by exiled Edinburgh goldsmith Adam Tait. The ring contains a gold medallion bearing a bust of Prince Charles Edward Stewart.

The hoop of the ring is inscribed, on white enamel, with the Latin words 'Dum Spirat Spero' ('While he breathes I hope'), and 'CPR' (for Charles, Prince Regent).

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: 000-190-000-805-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NJ 91
Date: Around 1748
c. 1750
Material: Gold; enamel. Inscription: C.P.R. / DUM SPIRAT SPERO
Dimensions: 20 mm Dia
What: Ring
Subject: Jewellery : finger rings (NMAS Classification)
Who: Adam Tait, Paris (Maker)
J.B. Lemoyne
Prince Charles Edward Stuart or Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) (subject)
Where: France, Paris
Event:
Description: Gold and enamel ring inset with a gold medallion of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, inscribed "C.P.R." and "DUM SPIRAT SPERO", probably by exiled Edinburgh goldsmith Adam Tait in Paris, c. 1750
References:
  • Calder, J. (ed). 'The Wealth of a Nation'. Edinburgh: NMS, 1989 p. 68 
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