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165 - Ø LADY EMMA HAMILTON'S ETUI GIFTED TO HER BY LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1801
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Ø LADY EMMA HAMILTON'S ETUI GIFTED TO HER BY LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1801 the knife-box shaped shagreen case with mirror interior containing two scent bottles, one with Chelsea porcelain love-birds stopper, one stopper lacking, scissors, penknife, pencil and note wafer, spoon and two needles, the clasp engraved HN to LH 1801, the handles of the scissors further inscribed Horatio Nelson to Lady Hamilton -- 3in. (7.5cm) high; IDN: USQP92ZX Provenance: Gifted to Emma, Lady Hamilton by Lord Nelson in 1801; Nisbet family, descendants of Francis Nelson, Viscountess Nelson (1758-1831); Puttick & Simpson, London: Catalogue of Tapestry, Old English Furniture, Chinese Porcelain, Objects of Art, etc., 3 February 1922, lot 60 (together with a letter of provenance from the Nisbet family - now lost); Chorley's Auctioneers: Art & Antiques, 11 November 2011, lot 326. A very rare surviving and intimate gift from Lord Nelson to Emma, Lady Hamilton at the height of their romance including the touching detail of two love birds.
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