Collection of Ruby and Diamond Bracelets
Collection of eleven ruby and diamond bracelets:Four bangles decorated with a line of alternating square-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 165mmTwo bangles decorated with a line of alternating circular-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 180mmTwo bangles decorated with calibrè-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds in a geometrical pattern, inner circumference approximately 170mm; please note that on one bangle few rubies are missingTwo bangles decorated with a line of step-cut rubies accented with old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 170mmOne bangle of oval design entirely set with step-cut rubies, inner circumference approximately 180mmTotal gross weight approximately 151,38 gramsAccompanied by an Italian gemological report
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Provenance:
As per Family tradition, acquired at the Montecarlo auction held in 1974 and previously owned by Maharani Zita Devi Di Baroda.
Zita Devi Di Baroda was a socialite, daughter of the Pithapuram Maharaja, well known as the Indian Wally Simpson, as she divorced to marry the Maharaja of Baroda in 1943.
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Collection of eleven ruby and diamond bracelets:Four bangles decorated with a line of alternating square-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 165mmTwo bangles decorated with a line of alternating circular-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 180mmTwo bangles decorated with calibrè-cut rubies and old-cut diamonds in a geometrical pattern, inner circumference approximately 170mm; please note that on one bangle few rubies are missingTwo bangles decorated with a line of step-cut rubies accented with old-cut diamonds, inner circumference approximately 170mmOne bangle of oval design entirely set with step-cut rubies, inner circumference approximately 180mmTotal gross weight approximately 151,38 gramsAccompanied by an Italian gemological report
Please contact the department for the export of this property.
Provenance:
As per Family tradition, acquired at the Montecarlo auction held in 1974 and previously owned by Maharani Zita Devi Di Baroda.
Zita Devi Di Baroda was a socialite, daughter of the Pithapuram Maharaja, well known as the Indian Wally Simpson, as she divorced to marry the Maharaja of Baroda in 1943.