Gold, diamond & enamel cuff links gifted to Royal Jockey John Watts by Lillie Langtry
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Pair of gold, diamond & enamel cuff links gifted to the Royal Jockey John Watts by Lillie Langtry when first winning a race on her horse Milford,
by Henry Lewis, Jeweller & Goldsmith to Queen Victoria, New Bond Street, London, the enamelling resembling Lillie Langtry's racing colours [registered under the pseudonym Mr Jersey] of turquoise and fawn, the diamond settings resembling the letter W [John Watts], the cover of the fawn coloured suede inscribed in gilt facsimile hand writing J. WATTS FROM LILLIE LANGTRY; sold with a signed manuscript letter in ink from Lillie Langtry that accompanied the gift of the cuff links, on 21 Pont Street, S.W., headed paper reading: Dear Mr Watts, I hope you will accept these links as a souvenir of the first time you steered Milford to victory - I hope you will ride him many times & that it will always be thus. With kindness, yours truly, Lillie Langtry (2)
Lots 10 to 34 Memorabilia relating to the Royal Jockey John Watts (1861-1902) and the jockey Kempton Cannon (1879-1951). The connection between the two jockeys being that Watts's widow married Cannon. Provenance: by family descent.