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Description Royal Jewels
Banded agate and diamond pendant
1861
the oval locket set with a section of banded agate, set to the centre with a cushion-shaped diamond within a star?border, opening to reveal a miniature photograph?of the Duchess of Kent and a lock of hair, the reverse with the inscription?Dear Mama b. Aug 17 1786 | from Albert in remembrance?of March 16 1861 | Du warst uns Freud und Glück [You were our joy and happiness]
Condition Report Length including bail approximately 35mm. Gross weight approximately 15 grams. Some light abrasions. Opens and closes securely. Overall condition good.
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Provenance Commissioned by Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861) for Queen Victoria (1819–1901) as a mourning jewel on the death of her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld,?later Duchess of Kent (1786–1861);
By descent through Princess Alice (1843-1878) to her eldest son Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Hesse (1892-1918);
His son Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (1908-1968);
His wife Margaret, Princess of Hesse and by Rhine (1913-1997), known in the family as 'Peg of Hesse';
Thence by descent.