A local family that could trace a clear line back to the 1750 was the consignor of this gold, white enamel and citrine mourning ring to Henry Adams (20% buyer’s premium) in Chichester on January 16. Key to its appeal outside the jewellery collecting community was the inscription Dr Archibald Cameron Ob 7 June 1753 Aet 47.
Cameron, whose father had participated in the failed 1715 Jacobite rising, was a prominent leader in the rebellion of 1745. He first saw action during an attack on Ruthven Barracks in late August 1745, sustained minor wounds at the Battle of Falkirk the following January and suffered two broken ankles at Culloden.