The 4-inch-tall figure counts as treasure, having been expertly crafted around 1715 from about half a pound of solid silver. A crest indicates it was the property of royalty or European nobility.
“In 2015, members of the Schmitt family — working as contracted salvage operators for 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC, — uncovered a treasure trove of 101 gold coins from the wrecks off ...
The 1715 "Baron Knoop" Stradivari violin was sold in late February for $23,000,000, shattering the previous record set for a violin price in 2011, when the 1721 "Lady Blunt" Stradivari violin was sold ...
The Earl of Mar and other Jacobite leaders played a significant role in generating support for the rising of 1715. Mar organised a gathering of Jacobite clans at Braemar and told them of the ...
In 1715, there was an attempted rising by Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchy. This became known as 'the 15.' Jacobites longed for a restoration of the Stuart dynasty and from 1707 they were ...