A locket containing some of Bonnie Prince Charlie's hair is to feature in an auction celebrating the Jacobites.
Auctioneer Lyon & Turnbull said it will be its first ever sale devoted to the Jacobite risings, which aimed to return the Stuart dynasty to the British throne, and marks the 300th anniversary of the 1715 rebellion.
The 18th century gold locket, valued at between £5,000 and £7,000, comes from the Murray Threipland collection at Fingask House.
Other items in the sale include an ivory flute, reputed to be the personal property of Prince Charles, which is valued at £5,000-£8,000, and an Italian silver sermon case which belonged to Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, Bonnie Prince Charlie's brother, which is valued at £10,000-£15,000.
Colin Fraser, Scottish silver and Jacobite specialist at Lyon & Turnbull, said: "We plan to celebrate this 300th anniversary year with a sale celebrating everything to do with Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites.
"The allure of Charles Edward Stuart, the 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' of legend, and his romantic but ill-starred campaigns, continues to this day.
"We have a number of very unusual and personal items already in the sale and have had interest from potential buyers from sellers around the world."
The Jacobite risings were a series of rebellions between 1688 and 1746.
The rebellion of 1715/16 was known as the "Fifteen", while in the "Forty-Five" (1745/46), rising, Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - led a Scots army against the Hanoverian dynasty, but was ultimately defeated at the Battle of Culloden.
Other items to feature in the sale include a Jacobite Scottish basket-hilted sword valued at £10,000-£15,000, which is attributed to Thomas Borthwick of Inverness and is possibly the only signed Inverness basket-hilted sword ever recorded.
A Scottish silver quaich used for the final meal of William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock, before he was executed at Tower Hill, London, on August 18 1746 for his part in the Jacobite uprising, will also go under the hammer.
It was made in Glasgow by William Clerk, c1695, and is valued at £10,000-£20,000.
The sale at Lyon & Turnbull's Edinburgh premises will take place on May 13.
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