Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An unmounted shell cameo, carved to depict a profile portrait head of the Duke Of Wellington,
length 5.2cm. £100-150

This image of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), is after the double-sided cornelian intaglio of the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, circa 1835, by John de Veaux (Irish seal engraver and wax modeller), modelled after the marble busts of both statesmen by Sir Francis Chantrey. The intaglio is held in the British Museum Collection, (registration number 1978.1002.154) and forms part of the collection from the Hull Grundy Gift.

See: Charlotte Gere, Judy Rudoe, Hugh Tait and Timothy Wilson: The Art of the Jeweller: A Catalogue of the Hull Grundy Gift to the British Museum, British Museum Publications Limited, plate 847.