λ A Victorian carved ivory bust of Thomas Dyer-Edwardes (Senior 1807-1885)

λ A Victorian carved ivory bust of Thomas Dyer-Edwardes (Senior 1807-1885), signed 'RICHARDS SCULPT Sept 1858' on a turned ebony plinth inset, with a bronze oval plaque engraved with the Dyer-Edwardes crest / monogram and 'SPES MANET', 14.2cm high.

Thomas Dyer-Edwardes was the grandfather of the famous Titanic heroine Noel, Countess of Rothes, known in the press as 'the plucky little Countess'.