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1. Foster 1053

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1053
Title:
Gold ring with hinged locket front given to Dr. John Young Smith by Lady Susan Ramsay. Locket contains a lock of hair and watercolour portrait of Lord Dalhousie. Inscribed 'JYS from SGR Dec 19th 1860'.
Scope & Content:
A gold ring with a hinged locket at the front. Inside the locket there is a small watercolour portrait of James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, the First Marquis of Dalhouse (1812-1860), and a lock of hair. The ring was presented on the year of his death by Dalhousie’s daughter, Susan Georgina Ramsay (b.18...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 Item

2. Foster 5010

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 5010
Title:
Finger ring with Gurmukhi inscription on face. Inscription is reversed to use as a seal.
Scope & Content:
The inscription on the face of the ring was used as a seal. It reads, 'Akal Sahai Maharaj Singh ji', which translates, 'The Immortal (God) protects: Maharaj Singh ji'. 'Akal Sahai' was a common motto used in the 18th and 19th century. It is found on coins, sword hilts and manuscripts of import...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 Item

3. Mss Eur D1209/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1209/1
Title:
Gold tie-pin in a red presentation box, 1905.
Scope & Content:
A gold tie pin bearing the Prince of Wales' emblem. The pin is inside its original red leatherpresentation box. Made by 'Clark', 33 New Bond Street, London, probably in 1905. This object was received along with the official weekly diaries of Edwin William Bethune Whiting (1862-1932). Whiting w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1905
Extent:
1 Item

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