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Lot 392

A mid 18th century Jacobite pressed horn medallion

16 – 31 August 2011, 11:00 BST
Edinburgh

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A mid 18th century Jacobite pressed horn medallion

The oval disc pressed with a depiction of Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonny Prince Charlie') in profile, 14mm long

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These diminutive medallions are known in collecting circles as 'tongue pieces' and are known in gold, silver gilt and now, in horn. It is thought that they were concealed in the mouth to avoid detection. Equally they may have been designed to have been mounted in rings worn by adherents to the Jacobite cause.
(Cf: Wolf's Medallic Record of the Jacobite Movement, 60:2) MI 601-253.

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