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Description Diamond pendant/brooch
circa 1800
in the form of a Maltese Cross, set with cushion-shaped and rose-cut diamonds, mostly in closed settings, case stamped S J Phillips
Condition Report Unsigned. Estimated total diamond weight approximately 5.00-7.00 carats. Bail detachable. Length (not including bail) approximately 60mm, gross weight approximately 22 grams. The largest five diamonds in open settings, remaining ones in closed setting. Solder to reverse around base of pin fitting, pin fitting and bail later. Brooch later rhodium plated. Overall condition good.
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Literature Inventory of Jewels
belonging to Doreen, Lady Brabourne, 1965, boxes 2 & 3.
Cf.: Ginny Redington Dawes, Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830, England, 2007, pg. 26, for a pendant of similar design.
Provenance Catherine, Marchioness of Sligo (1837-1914);
thence by descent to Agatha, Marchioness of Sligo (1866-1965);
Doreen, Lady Brabourne (1896-1979)