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Stunning example of a scrolled enamel Rococo high carat gold mourning band for Margaret Countess of Hardwicke who died 19 sept 1761 aet 72.

4.3 grams. Size 6.Condition mint.

Born Margaret Cocks , she had been previously married to John Lygon before marrying the 1st Earl of Hardwicke and Lord High Chancellor,Philip Yorke in 1719. She bore five sons and two daughters and lived in Cambridgeshire's greatest country house Wimpole Hall. The funerary monument for the Earl and Countess was sculpted by Peter Scheemakers. 

Countess of Hardwicke Mourning Ring 1761

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