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Description Royal Jewels
Hardstone, enamel and diamond pendant,?Robert Phillips
circa 1878
designed as a cross, the arms applied with black and white enamel, terminating in trefoil motifs set with banded agate and cushion-shaped diamonds and centring on an onyx heart with?Alice?beneath a coronet, set with rose-cut diamonds, the reverse with a glazed compartment containing a lock of hair and the inscription?Dear Alice 14th December 1878, maker's mark for Robert Phillips
Condition Report Reverse of pendant stamped 5 and with maker's mark for Robert Phillips, 23 Cockspur St, London. A few hairs poking through hinge. Length approximately 60mm. Enamel and hardstone with some light surface wear but generally in good condition. Gross weight approximately 27.5 grams. Overall condition good.
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Provenance Possibly commissioned by Queen Victoria (1819-1901) to commemorate the death of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom?(1843–1878), the?Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine?from 1877 to 1878. She was the third child and second daughter of?Queen Victoria?and?Prince Albert.