A cutlery set that belonged to the Ladies of Llangollen will go under the hammer on the open market for the first time. Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby spent 50 years together in their Plas Newydd ...
A historic silver cutlery set that once belonged to the so-called 'Ladies of Llangollen' is set to go under the hammer later this month. The set will be sold at Cheffins' Jewellery, Silver, Watches ...
In a time when same-sex relationships were shrouded in secrecy and met with disapproval, two upper-class Irish women defied societal expectations to live openly as a couple. Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) ...