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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Auckland
Date:
19-Apr-2010
Lot No.
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Description:
Elizabeth, the 11th Countess of Fingall's Four Strand Pearl Necklace together with a Matching Seven Strand Pearl Bracelet. The necklace clasp inset with 10 diamonds and central yellow/amber coloured gemstone (Requires testing by a gemmologist). Approx. 37 cm in length. The matching bracelet's bar clasp inset 11 diamonds. The clasp is stamped 7579, approx. 15 cm. Provenance: The 11th Countess of Fingall was the vendor's great grandmother. Daisy, The Countess, is wearing them in the frontpiece photo in the book of her memoirs 'Seventy Years Young' published in 1939. It is rumoured that they were given to her by 'Bertie' King Edward VII, on one of his frequent hunting trips to Killeen Castle in County Meath, where the Fingalls resided
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified