Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

λ A collection of jewellery including two Royal gifts, comprising: an 18ct gold open faced pocket watch, the gilt dial with a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o'clock, the back cover centred with a crest, the signed inner plate engraved Finer & Nowland, London No 4558, 4.4cm wide, back cover with London hallmarks, maker's mark WR, accompanying note presenting it as a Christmas gift from Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, and her husband the Duke of Fife, likely in the Princess's own handwriting; a gold bar brooch, centred with the Royal cipher of HM Queen Alexandra decorated with rose-cut diamonds below an enamelled crown, length 4cm, accompanied by a note stating that the brooch was received as a gift from Queen Alexandra on the occasion of her visit to Gibraltar, circa 1907; a pair of 9ct gold cufflinks, the ends of tapering form connected by chain links, each terminal 2.3 x 0.5cm, Chester hallmarks, sponsor's mark CS ES, case with gilded inscription 'From HRH The Duke of Kent 20th Nov. 1934'; and an Indian gold necklace, set with miniature portraits on ivory of gentlemen and ladies in Indian attire, length 32cm