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An early 19th century gold broad bracelet with a portrait miniature clasp, the broad mesh strap w...

Currency:GBP Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP
An early 19th century gold broad bracelet with a portrait miniature clasp, the broad mesh strap w...
An early 19th century gold broad bracelet with a portrait miniature clasp, the broad mesh strap with floral chased gothic trefoil concave-triangular terminals and a square clasp with a hinged cover chased with a quatrefoil and enclosing a portrait miniature of The Duke of Manchester by Henry Collen (b.1798, died after 1872), the miniature 2.75 x 2.5cm (see illustration) Family lore suggests the miniature in this bracelet is of William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester. Born 25th March 1771, acceded 1788, married Lady Susan Gordon, (3rd daughter of the 4th Duke of Gordon), 1793, father of eight, Governor of Jamaica from 1807 to 1828, and later collector of customs for the Port London and Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire, died 18th March 1843, in Rome, Italy. However this portrait of a young man may well be the 6th Duke as Collen would probably not have been active before 1815 £2,000-2,500