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A triple-strand cultured pearl and diamond necklace, the round…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
27-May-2012
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Description:
A triple-strand cultured pearl and diamond necklace, the round cultured pearls measuring approximately 9.40-9.70 mm, to the the flowerhead clasp set with a brilliant-cut diamond cluster centre and pave-set diamond petals, diamonds approximately 5.30 carats total, lengths longest strand 42.5 cm, shortest strand 35.0 cm, clasp width 4.0 cm, the sale proceeds of these six lots are to be donated, in their entirety, to the black and white Committee of Vision Australia (formerly the Royal Blind Society). Jewellery from the Estate of the late Betty rose McInerney 1923 - 2011, Beloved wife of distinguished obstetrician and gyn'cologist Dr.Bob McInerney, Betty McInerney was a woman of immense style. For many years she was involved with the black & white Committee, a charity organisation founded in 1936, which raises money for Royal Blind Society of New South Wales, the black & white Committee has been an integral part of fashionable Sydney society, and the committee has been dominated by some of Sydney's most glamorous women. Icons of elegance, stylishly clad and impeccably groomed, their photographs appear in magazines and newspapers at the races, at fashion parades, exhibitions, cocktails parties, and of course, at the annual black & white ball
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Category:
Jewellery: Necklace/Chain