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This example is more sophisticated than the work of most amateurs.  As a three-dimensional piece, it has required even more skill than that normally demanded of the paper cutter.  Each flower has had to be created individually, and then the individual parts of the design united to create an ensemble.<br><br><b>People</b><br>The locket is inscribed on the back in an 18th-century hand: 'Honble Mrs O'Neile, August 1786'.  This is probably the Honourable Mrs John O'Neill (1756-1793), born Henrietta Boyle.  Mrs O'Neill's title was 'the Honorable' because she was the daughter of a Lord, in her case Charles Boyle, Lord Dunganon.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>This is a particularly small and accomplished example of cut paper work. This object has not merely been created as an exercise, even if such intricate work was considered beneficial for the sight.  The locket setting seems to be original, sealed with wax, and is likely to have made a handsome gift for a friend or relative of Mrs O'Neill.","physicalDescription":"Miniature cut paper-work of an urn and flowers, mounted and set in an oval locket.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"O'Neill, John (Hon. 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Powel","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"5.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"4.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 05/07/2000 by AS","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'Honble. Mrs. O'Neile August 1786.'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"1786","earliest":"1786-01-01","latest":"1786-12-31"},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"Date","note":"Inscribed on the back"}],"objectHistory":"The artist whose name is inscribed on the back can in all probability be identified with the Hon. Henrietta O’Neill, daughter of Charles Boyle, Lord Dungarvan.  She married, in 1777, John O’Neill, who became first Viscount O’Neill in 1795.  In 1786, therefore, she would be described as the Hon. Mrs. O’Neill by virtue of being the daughter of a lord.  She was a person of considerable capabilities; see <i>The Gentleman’s Magazine</i>, 1833, pt.2, p.130 ff.\r\n \r\nThis locket was formerly in the collection of the donor’s grandmother Miss Sally Caroline Fitzgerald, at County Clare, Ireland, who married Basil Cochrane in 1839.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Miniature cut paper-work of an urn and flowers in a locket by Mrs. Henrietta O'Neill.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 </u>.  London: HMSO, 1964."}],"production":"Possibly made in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"flowers","id":"AAT9961"},{"text":"urn","id":"AAT129425"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe art of cutting paper was believed by some to strengthen the eyes. Many cut-paper works were produced on a miniscule scale. Some of the smallest examples of cut-paper work were made for lockets or  to line watch cases. This example is inscribed on the back 'Honble Mrs O'Neil August 1786'.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["P.26-1963"],"accessionNumberNum":"26","accessionNumberPrefix":"P","accessionYear":1963,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR0158","2019LR0102","2019LV7180"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}