Description & Technical information
The nineteen golden-orange topaz collets, close cut-down collet set in gold, fitted upon a later double-wire headband.
Formerly belonging to Gloria, the late Dowager Countess Bathurst, converted probably from bracelets.
Length around collets 26.5cm / 10½''
Weight: 52g
Date: 1800
Period: Early 19th century
Medium: Golden topaz
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.
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