Charles II

Charles II, Restoration, small heart-shaped silver locket [1660], applied bust of Charles right, C - R engraved to either side, plain base and empty of content, 23 x 19mm (cf MI pl.XL, 18; Heckett 137), small integral suspension loop. Very fine and rare.

Provenance: Ex Greta S. Heckett Collection, Sotheby, 25 May, 1977 (lot 137); ex George Thorn Drury Collection, Sotheby 29 November, 1965 (lot 10, part).