Interested in the Georgian period? A bit of a history buff? Help please - photo attached

[ManyOwls]

Are you a bit of a history buff?

I believe the below intaglio is engraved with ' I'll come & see you in spite o' them' but what exactly does it mean do we think?

A declaration of love? A warning? Who would have used this as their intaglio? It dates back to 1800 or so

Any insights?

Thank you!

And that is probably an A at the end after the word 'them'

I would think o’ them a’ would mean of them all, possibly Scottish dialect

It's the chorus of a Scottish ballad called Logie o' Buchan. Girl hankers after the poor garden lad who's been sent away but promises to come back to see her in spite o them 'a. ^^

I was going to suggest the same the a' I think would refer to 'all' but otherwise really no idea. If you google the phrasing one of the first hits is a watch fob with the same wording on that states it's mid 19th century, but no other info.

They were rather fond of an engraving so perhaps it's just something that will have meant something between whoemever the recipient and giver were. I'll come and see you in spite of them all seems fairly self-explanatory, even if there is no way of knowing the context. Perhaps an unsuitable love match or a family feud, who knows!

If it's in Scots dialect it may be related to the Jacobites if there's a chance it links back to the late 1700s

@Millybob very good indeed! How knowledgeable you are. And yes, this fits

Thank you all for your insights