locket, locket
Accession Number
NAM.1963-10-275-1
Description
Circular glazed locket containing a lock of hair cut from Copenhagen, the horse ridden by Wellington at Waterloo, 1830. Gold, unmarked. With a piece of paper, with manuscript inscription: ‘Cut from/ “Copenhagen”/ on March 13 1830 by/ Samuel Wise, usher/ of the hall to the Duke/ of Wellington and/ presented by his daughter to Rev/ B. Maturin’
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)