Victorian Maritime Flags Bracelet signet ring circa 1820

circa 1820

The band is finished in black enamel and furnished with the words IN MEMORY OF - it also features a rectangular locket compartment with braided hairwork inside

and executed for high treason in January 1649

2cm (width x height)

and dates from the 1780s (or thereabouts) with maker's mark GS

Victorian Maritime Flags Bracelet signet ring circa 1820DATE: Victorian, c. 1880 A cool antique bracelet featuring finely enamelled maritime signal flags. It was made by Alfred Pegler, jeweller (and Liberal politician) who played an important part in the public life of Southampton. Each flag has either an alphanumeric designation, or a specific nautical meaning In this case the former is: K1UL2OO (which doesn't seem to make too much sense). But using the other set of meanings, and a little imagination, we