High carat swivel portrait miniature ring depicting Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia
c.1780.The ring can be worn with the portrait on show or concealed.The reverse contains a lock of hair.
Size 8.
Frederick (14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 , as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. He instituted major military reforms, and expanded the Prussian Army.He was succeeded by his son,Frederick the Great.
Frederick William had a perpetually short temper which sometimes drove him to physically attack servants (or even his own children) with a cane at the slightest perceived provocation. His violent, harsh nature was further exacerbated by his inherited porphyritic disease, which gave him gout, obesity and frequent crippling stomach pains.He also had a notable contempt for France, and would sometimes fly into a rage at the mere mention of that country.