Bracelet, gilded, amethyst and pearls, boxed, presented to Levinia Martin, for nursing service in Lucknow, English, 1857
The back of this amethyst and pearl bracelet has the following inscription:
“Presented to Levinia Martin by the wounded Soldiers, for her attendance on them in the Hospital at Lucknow, during a Siege of five months, 1857.”
The siege of Lucknow was a key episode in the Indian Mutiny, the ultimately unsuccessful uprising against British rule which occurred during 1857-1858.