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Lock of Mozart's hair
1829
A lock of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's hair, tied with red string. Vincent and Mary Novello visited Mozart's widow Constanze in Salzburg, Vienna, as part of their travels across Europe in 18...
Crocodile tooth shawl pin
c. 1850
Crocodile tooth shawl pin with a decorative metal clasp and possibly a hinged lid engraved with 'MCC', given to Mary Cowden Clarke by the American Shakespeare scholar Horace Howard Furness and his wif...
Medal of Georges Braque by André-Henri Torcheux
c. 1950
Copper medal dedicated to the artist Georges Braque by André-Henri Torcheux. The obverse contains a portrait of Braque alongside his name and the reverse is a cubist still life composition inspired b...
Silver star intended for a testimonial chair
c. 1851
A silver star with an inscription that reads: 'originally intended for The American Chair, to surround the Ivory Shakespeare Head'. This refers to a chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke, about which ...
Case for Mozart's hair
c. 1829
A circular glass case backed with paper, inscribed with Mozart's name in ink and sealed with gold foil paper.
Lock of Mozart's son's hair
1829
A lock of hair in folded paper inscribed with 'Cheveu de mon Fils Wolfgang Mozart ano 1829', likely to have been written by his mother, Mozart's widow Constanze. Their son and youngest child, Franz Xa...
Lock of Beethoven's hair and portrait
1824
A lithographic print of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, published in Vienna in 1824, attached to which is a lock of Beethoven's hair. It was gifted to Vincent Novello by their mutal friend, the har...