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After Nelson was killed at Trafalgar, his family arranged for a series of gold and enamel mourning rings to be distributed in his memory. The rings were decorated with Nelson’s initials, heraldic achievements and motto PALMAN QUI MERUIT FERAT and variously inscribed Lost to his Country 21 Oct 1805 Aged 47. An original manuscript listing […]
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In 2013, eight years after advising the family of Catherine Matcham in the sale of Nelson relics, I was instructed by descendants of Lord Nelson’s other sister Susannah to seek a buyer for a highly important and historic George III armorial silver entree dish and cover presented to the admiral by Lloyd’s Coffee House after […]
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In 2011, I was instructed to sell a battle ensign from the legendary Confederate warship C.S.S. Alabama. The ensign belonged to a family in the West Country of England descended from a British merchant called Hugh Rowland Beaver who had supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He had been presented with the ensign […]
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