A 19TH CENTURY TOPAZ SUITE

A 19TH CENTURY TOPAZ SUITE
Comprising an oval-cut topaz collet necklace with old-cut diamond spacer connections; a topaz collet headband; two pairs of topaz earrings, each adapted; a pear shaped topaz and old-cut diamond pendant brooch with diamond detail, adapted, together with an associated topaz double headed serpent brooch and a pair of later set topaz and diamond earrings, mounted in gold, necklace 41.5 cm, head band collet section 27 cm

Provenance

By family tradition, left by HRH The Princess Amelia (1783-1810), daughter of George III, to her Lady in Waiting
The Hon. Mrs George Villiers (1775-1856) and by descent to her great granddaughter
Lilias Borthwick, later Countess Bathurst (1871-1965) and by descent in the Bathurst family.