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Lot 1
An 18ct gold five stone ruby and diamond ring, with a graduated row of alternating oval and circular mixed cut rubies, and rose cut diamonds, all grain set to the boat shaped head, with engraved scroll shoulders and a plain shank, Chester 1904, 2.35g.Finger size MCondition report: Minor surface marks/scratches to mount.Underneath of head slightly dirty, would benefit from being cleaned.
Lot 13
A gold and silver, diamond, ruby and sapphire crescent bar brooch, a diamond, ruby and sapphire claw set trefoil, to crescent with a row of graduated old Swiss and eight cut diamonds, one deficient, cut down set in silver backed in gold, to knife edge bar with an old eight cut diamond grain set in silver star shaped collet to each terminal, to pin and safety catch, tested as approximately sterling silver and 9ct gold, 42mm long, 3.10gCondition report: One diamond to the crescent missing.Surface reaching inclusions to some of the diamonds.Minor surface marks/scratches/tarnish to the metal.Pin very slightly bent.Catch secure.
Lot 242
A gold synthetic ruby ring, an oval cabochon synthetic ruby, claw set to the lobed crossover head, one half with stippled finish to tapered pierced shoulders, the other of imbricated scale form, to a plain shank, tested as approximately 18ct gold, head 13.5mm wide, 3.84g.Finger size M½Condition report: Minor surface marks/scratches.Slight porosity to inside of shank.
Lot 243
A pair of 9ct gold ruby and diamond half hoop earrings, a row of alternating circular mixed cut rubies and pairs of brilliant cut diamonds claw set to the front half, to post and hinged omega fittings, Sheffield, 16mm long, 2.73g (2)Condition report: Fittings secure and in working order.No apparent damage to settings, stones all appear secure.
Lot 27
A gold ruby and diamond bar brooch, a graduated row of alternating Swiss and old eight cut diamonds, and mixed cut rubies, grain set to an 'S' collet, to the centre of a two row bar brooch with twisted wire guards, tested as approximately 18ct gold, with metal pin and safety catch, 45mm long, 3.50g, together with an amethyst and split pearl bar brooch, marked 9ct, with 'C' catch and metal pin, an aquamarine and split pearl bar brooch, marked 9c, and a military bar brooch, with the cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment in gold, applied to a bar brooch with pin and safety catch, marked 9ct, 10.51g total (4)
Lot 274
A gold ruby and opal cluster ring, an oval mixed cut ruby, possibly synthetic, rub set to the centre, to surround of round cabochon opals, grain set to a scalloped edge, the cluster later mounted to a plain underbezel, with tapered shoulders and a plain shank, the cluster setting tested as approximately 9ct gold, the mount tested as approximately 18ct gold, 2.58g.Finger size OCondition report: Cluster and mount are a later marriage.Surface marks/scratches to gold.
Lot 276
A gold opal, ruby and enamel cluster ring, a cluster of circular mixed cut rubies claw set to the centre, to surround of cabochon opals, claw set to the centre of an openwork scalloped frame, with green enamelled bars between, a pierced gallery to plain shank, marked 14k, head 23mm diameter, 11.58g.Finger size QCondition report: Surface reaching inclusions to the rubies.Some of the opal collets wonky and not centred to frame.Surface marks/scratches/tarnish to mount.
Lot 277
A 9ct gold ruby and opal three stone ring, a circular mixed cut ruby with a cabochon opal at each side, all claw set to tapered shoulders and a D section shank, London 1976, 2.09g.Finger size ICondition report: Surface marks/scratches to mount.Solder joins visible at base of shank.Some wear to claws.
Lot 299
Four pairs of gold earrings, to include a pair of 9ct gold ruby and diamond cluster earrings, a pair of 9ct gold diamond set earrings, a pair of 18ct white gold cultured pearl and diamond earrings, and a pair of 9ct gold cultured pearl and sapphire earrings (8)9ct gold - 3.36g total, 18ct gold - 1.50g
Lot 350
A 9ct gold garnet and pearl ring, with alternating oval mixed cut garnets and cultured pearls, grain set to the carved style scroll head, with plain shank, London 1972, together with a 9ct gold ruby and diamond half eternity ring, 5.81g total (2)Finger size M, QCondition report: 9ct gold garnet and pearl ring:One pearl slightly larger and prouder than the other.Surface marks to mount.Shank slightly thinner at base.9ct gold ruby and diamond half eternity ring:Surface marks to mount.Surface reaching inclusions to some of the gemstones.
Lot 436
A Masonic 9ct gold enamel swivel head signet ring, with square and compass to royal blue enamel ground to one side of the swivel head, the other side of plain polished finish, London 1971, together with a gold Masonic stick pin, tested as approximately 9ct gold, a 9ct gold signet ring, shank broken, engraving worn, a gold single stone ruby stick pin, tested as approximately 15ct gold with 9ct gold pin, and a gold llama stick pin, tested as approximately 9ct gold, damaged, 16.82g total (5)
Lot 47
A silver sculpture of a partridge, probably from a larger piece, with cabochon ruby set eyes, green enamel to the neck, and wings grain set with rows of split pearls and circular mixed cut sapphires, tested as approximately sterling silver, 2.5cm high, 1.5oztCondition report: Vacant tube to the bottom of the partridge, probably where it previously attached to a larger piece.Damage to the beak.Surface marks/scratches/tarnish.Slight chip to one of the rubies and one of the sapphires.Some surface reaching inclusions to others of the gemstones.One of the sapphires set at an angle.Slight damage to some of the enamel.
Lot 72
A silver hinged emerald, ruby and sapphire set bangle, pierced foliate motif bangle grain and rub set throughout with cabochon emeralds, rubies and sapphires, to concealed box clasp and figure of eight safety catch, tested as approximately sterling silver, 86.30gCondition report: Gemstones all heavily included, many with surface reaching fractures, and possibly fracture filled. Clasp secure.Roughness/porosity to the silver in places.Many of the gemstones glued in to settings.The bangle is approximately 40mm wide.
Lot 758
Modern Diecast Vehicles, mainly 1970/80s issue models , boxed private , commercial and military, including Corgi 908 AMX 30D Recovery Tank (figures loose but appears complete), Ford Escort Vans (5), Ruby Anniversary Land Rover, Rover 3500 police car and others (3), Dinky Atlantean Bus (bubble packed G), Matchbox K109 Petrol tanker, Sierra XR4i and others (3) Lledo (6) Majorette 3030 Poclain excavation carne and Joal CAT 631 D, F-G, Boxes P-F, (25)
Lot 426
Each designed as a butterfly, set throughout with round brilliant-, baguette- and single-cut diamonds weighing approximately 3.0ct in total, colour range G-I, clarity range VS/SI, the head embellished with a circular mixed-cut ruby weighing approximately 0.12ct in total, in 18ct gold, with post-and-clip fittings, approximately 3,1cm in length
Lot 450
The necklace designed as two strands of pearls measuring approximately 6mm diameter spaced to the centre with five stylised flowerhead motifs, in sizes, each centred with an oval cabochon fracture-filled ruby and enclosed within a surround of oval mixed-cut yellow gems, possibly sapphires, and circular mixed-cut orange gems, possibly sapphires, the pendant earrings en suite, in 9ct gold, the 14ct gold clasp claw set with round mixed-cut pink sapphires, the necklace approximately 50cm in length
Lot 136
A gem-set enamelled gold circular pendant (tazra) Morocco, 19th Centuryin the form of a flowerhead, the petals in the form of palmettes surrounded by openwork tendrils, the centre set with a ruby surrounded by a band of rubies and emeralds, the petals set with emeralds, the tendrils with pearls, later chain 5.3 cm. diam.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 239
A gem-set gold forehead pendant (chand-tikka), a gem-set gold mirrored roundel and a pearl-mounted gold pendant from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and latterly in the possession of her granddaughter Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957) Punjab, probably Lahore, first half of the 19th Centurythe tikka in the form of a crescent set with rubies and white sapphires, decorated to the sides in red and white enamel with chevron motifs, seed pearl fringe; the roundel with central mirror surrounded by openwork foliate motifs set with diamonds and emeralds, later mounted as a brooch; the pendant of filigree gold with seed pearl fringe the roundel 3.3 cm. diam.(3)Footnotes:ProvenanceMaharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839).Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957), gifted by her father HH Maharajah Duleep Singh, later given by the Princess to her life-long personal companion and employee Mrs Dora Crowe of Hampton House, Blo' Norton, Norfolk. Private UK collection, acquired from Mrs. Oriel Sutherland, daughter of Mrs. Dora Crowe. The mirror plaque had, according to Princess Bamba, once been part of Maharajah Ranjit Singh's horse trappings.These three items were likely to have been within the casket of jewels handed back to Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-1863) by the British authorities when she agreed to live in London with her son, who she was reunited with in Calcutta in 1861. Duleep Singh had not only negotiated a £3,000-a-year pension for his mother but also the safe return of over 600 pieces of her personal jewellery that had been impounded by the British authorities at Benares when she fled to Nepal. In the UK, John Login expedited the passage of her jewels through customs and Lady Login was present when Jind Kaur was finally reunited with them in London: 'Her jewels had at the moment arrived from the Custom House, and so delighted was she at the sight, that she forthwith decorated herself, and her attendants, with an assortment of the most wonderful necklaces and earrings, strings of lovely pearls and emeralds being arranged, in graceful concession to English fashion...' (Lady Lena Campbell Login, John Login and Duleep Singh, London 1890, p 213).These important personal royal effects of the late Maharani were dispersed after her death by her son and grandchildren, either through auction salerooms or by being gifted away. Two decades after her death, when Maharaja Duleep Singh lost his battle against the India Office over the thorny issue of his financial allowances, he decided to auction off some of his possessions in order to raise £20,000 with a view to relocating to India where he could live as a person of importance. He stripped his stately home at Elveden of some choice valuables – including 25,000 ounces of chased silver gilt, rare Indian carpets, Indian shawls, embroideries and a casket of jewels (though 'no old family jewels' according to the press, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, London, September 1863, p 378) – and packed them up to be auctioned by Messrs Phillips, Son & Neale of New Bond Street. A sympathetic editorial in The Times (20 July 1883) noted how 'news of His Highness being compelled to sell his jewels and other valuables will excite a deep feeling of sympathy among all who are acquainted with the history of the 'Lion of the Punjab'.' The following year, his embittered relations with the British Government compelled him be ransack the contents of Elveden to provide the finances needed to resettle in Punjab with his family. From 27 April to 5 May 1886, while the Maharaja was detained at Aden as he attempted to gain onward passage to India, the auction only realised a fraction of the expected value of the items, forcing Duleep Singh to empty his Coutts safety-deposit box of all his most valuable jewels. When he failed to gain the support of the Russians, Duleep Singh decided to settle in Paris. In 1890, he was forced to sell what remained of the family jewels in his possession to pay for both his own accommodation and that of his estranged second wife, Ada, who moved into an expensive villa situated in an exclusive tree-lined suburb of Paris. Prince Victor Duleep Singh, the maharaja's eldest son, sold part of his inheritance in order to pay off his considerable debts. On 19 June 1899, Messrs Christie Manson & Woods sold 114 lots from Victor's collection in their London sales room including Indian gold jewellery 'formerly the property of the late Maharajahs Duleep Singh and Runjeet Singh of Lahore' according to The Daily Telegraph (20 June 1899, p. 9). Of the riches snapped up at the well-attended auction, which realised nearly £3,000, The Morning Post gave the following details of the best prices achieved, including a lavish horse's head ornament: a gold forehead ornament with diamonds, and ruby drops, from Dholepore, £35; a breast ornament of gold, set with stones and pearls, from Kangra, £46; pair of forehead ornaments, of crescent form, from Delhi, £41; pair of gold armlets, Lucknow, £35; a gold girdle centre set with stones, Delhi, £44; a large ornament for horse's head, of gold, enamelled, from Punjaub, and part of the State harness of Runjeet Singh, £44;... a massive gold horse frontlet, thickly studded with emeralds and rubies, Delhi, £210.... (The Morning Post, 20 June 1899, p 3). Given that Prince Victor's share of the family jewels included a part of the state harness of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, it is perhaps not surprising that another important piece of equestrian jewellery was preserved by Duleep Singh's eldest daughter, Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957).In 1897, Princess Bamba and her two sisters, Princesses Sophia and Catherine, moved to the Norfolk village of Old Buckenham, where they lived near another brother, Prince Frederick. When he sold his house in 1906 and shifted to Blo' Norton, his sisters followed suit. In 1935, the princesses shifted from Blo' Norton Hall to Hampton House at Blo' Norton. When the lease came to an end in 1935, Princess Sophia installed a married couple Dora and Cyril Crowe (Cyril had been a childhood-friend of Frederick's), with their baby son Cyril Junior, at Hampton House to attend upon the princesses whenever they stayed there. When Sophia died in 1948, Bamba became the last surviving member of Duleep Singh's family from his first marriage. Bamba took up residence at Hilden Hall as well as the management of Hampton House. Her relationship with the Crowes developed in terms of mutual respect and affection. While Cyril Jr had been a great favourite with Sophia, his sister Oriel, who was eight years younger, was much loved by Bamba. In later life, the young girl would recall how 'Princess Bamba retained her sense of humour, and as an old lady she would smile, wrinkle her nose, and giggle like a little girl' (Peter Bance, Sovereign, Squire and Rebel: Maharajah Duleep Singh, London 2009, p 160).In 1953, Bamba decided to give Hampton House to the Crowes as she planned to return to Lahore (she had visited Punjab's capital in 1941 but was forced to remain there for five years following the outbreak of the Second World War). She died in her family's ancestral home in 1957. According to Oriel Crowe's (later Sutherland) letter of provenance accompanying this group, Princess Bamba gifted these items of jewellery to her mother, Mrs Dora Crowe, before she left England on her final journey to Lahore. Bamba had told Mrs Crowe that the circular stoned gold and mirrored broach was formerly part of Maharaja Duleep Singh's horse harness. As such, they represent a remarkable link back to one of the richest treasuries in the world.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 143
A diamond and ruby-set Qur'an case pendant containing a miniature Qur'an Retailed by Adler, Geneva, 20th Centuryin the form of book opening to reveal a recess containing a printed Qur'an surrounded by a band of rubies, the cover with an inscription heightened with diamonds on a black enamel ground, surrounded by foliate motifs, the border with a band of diamonds, 18 karat gold 5.6 cm. max.; 74 g.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, acquired at Adler, Geneva.Inscriptions: AllahFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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