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Locks of the  King's hair,  painted miniatures and royalist symbols were set into rings, lockets and pendants and worn  as a sign of allegiance to the Royalist  cause. As wearing such  jewellery could be dangerous during the Civil War, many of these  objects may have been hidden until the Restoration or  produced after the accession of  Charles II. Royalists considered Charles's death to be a martyrdom and images of him often show his eyes gazing upwards towards Heaven. Before his  execution, Charles cast the loss of his crown as the change from an earthly kingdom to a celestial - saying \"I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown,  where no disturbance can be.\"\r\n\r\n\tAlthough some jewels supporting the King were worn during the Commonwealth period, many were produced after the  Restoration of 1660.  Charles II was  vigilant to ensure that his father’s memory was preserved. He was celebrated as King Charles the Martyr  and the day of his death  was maintained as a  national day of ‘fasting and humiliation’. Rings set with the King’s portrait were therefore worn as a  sign of allegiance to the  new regime and a repudiation of  Commonwealth sympathies. After the exile of James II in 1688, political supporters  continued to wear these rings  to show their support for the restoration of  Catholic Stuart rule. Interest in Charles I continued in the 19th  century. In 1813, when the coffin of  Charles I was discovered in St George’s Chapel in  Windsor Castle, the Prince Regent, later George IV,  had it opened and removed a number of  mementoes, including locks of hair which were made into  jewellery. ","physicalDescription":"Enamelled gold commemorative ring, the oval bezel with a crystal enclosing a miniature on vellum of Charles I and on the reverse an enamelled white skull below a crown between <i>C</i> and <i>R</i>. 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The hoop is inscribed inside <i>sic transit gloria mundi</i>.\n\nThe crystal has been damaged and a portion has been replaced with an adhesive which is now deteriorating. \n\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"vellum","id":"AAT250699"},{"text":"crystal","id":"AAT10814"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelling","id":"x37485"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Enamelled gold, with a miniature  under crystal","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Death","id":"THES48970"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2024NU4855","2024NU4856","2024NU4857","2024NU4858","2024NU4859","2024NU4860"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA001","id":"THES413419"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Ring","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"mid 17th century","earliest":"1625-01-01","latest":"1675-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Dame Joan Evans","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"2.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"skull below a crown between 'C' and 'R'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'sic transit gloria mundi'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"'thus passes the vainglory of the world'","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Inscription on the inside of the hoop"}],"objectHistory":"From the Sir John Evans Collection and subsequently owned by Dame Joan Evans. 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