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    Jewellery, gems and seals

    Jewellery, gems and seals; and objets de vertue are shown at several National Trust houses.

    A selection of properties to visit with examples of jewellery, gems and seals:
    Medals and seals brought back from the Grand Tour are on view at Dunham Massey in Cheshire.

    Important collections including objets de vertue were made by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, Dame Margaret Greville at Polesden Lacey in Surrey and Lord Fairhaven at Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire.

    The Harpur Crewe jewellery is displayed at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.
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    A cameo of Mrs Mary Somerville in the Greek style at Charlecote Park.
    © NTPL / Derrick E Witty
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