Enamelled jewel presented by Mary Queen of Scots, to George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, 16th century, (1840). A lock of Mary's hair is attached to the ivory skull. Cupid stands on an enamelled heart on one side of which are the words Willingly Wounded. Illustration from Historical and Literary Curiosities consisting of Fac-similies of Original Documents, by Charles John Smith, (Henry G Bohn, London, 1840).
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