Framed lock of hair

Glazed rectangular pendant with a lock of hair tied with black cotton against a cream damask material. It has a silver frame mounted with pink stones, set in openwork flower designs and with a swiveling bow above in the same material, a pendant pink stone below. The hair reputedly belonged to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Object Details

ID: REL0153
Collection: Relics
Type: Pendant
Display location: Not on display
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection
Measurements: Overall: 7 mm x 70 mm x 125 mm