A multi-gem-set bracelet, earclip and brooch suite, circa 1945


The bracelet of scrolling design decorated with a row of multi-coloured gems, including peridots, amethysts, spinels, and garnets graduating in size to a principal step-cut rubellite tourmaline, highlighted by old brilliant-cut and table-cut diamonds, and cushion-shaped and calibré-cut sapphires, the step-cut fire opal clasp within a rose-cut diamond surround, earclips and double-clip brooch of similar design, mounted in gold, lengths: 17.0cm, earclips 4.3cm, brooch 7.6cm, fitted case by Goldsmith & Company
|Accompanied by a valuation for insurance from The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, dated 16 September 1949.Provenance:General Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi (1904-1966)Thence by descent