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Royal Jewellery, Silver, Antiques & Collectors Sale
Royal Jewellery, Silver, Antiques & Collectors Sale - Over 120 lots of Silver, and Royal Jewellery including a gold memorial stickpin for John Brown, Queen Victoria's gillie; Victorian Scottish dirk; Set of three 18ct gold dress studs, each with white enamelled Prince of Wales’s feathers on a green ground; Set of 3 gold studs and a stickpin, in a Collingwood & Co. case, presented, by Queen Alexandra, with her note inside the cover “With every good wish from Alexandra”. Provenance: John Michie, Factor at the Balmoral Estate thence by descent
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108 Lots
Lot 313
Late Victorian 9ct gold seed pearl and garnet set crescent and star hinged bracelet (clasp a/f), 9ct bar brooch set blue stone, gross 6.5grs, ladies 9ct. octagonal watch on a plated strap, silver bracelet, Chester 1953 (a/f), pair of silver and amber pendant earrings, 4 brooches, Chanel scent funnel and 3 other items (a lot).Hammer: £130
Lot 314
Silver Jubilee pendant, London 1977, larger pendant, 3 silver bracelets, 126.8grs, silver charm bracelet with 4 silver charms and 28 metal charms, gross 97grs, white metal pendant necklace, 2 rings, 2 brooches, 4 gilt metal rings, pendant necklace, brooch, pre 1947 silver coins (£1.02.5p), 1953 crown, and other mostly bronze coins (a lot).Hammer: £ 85
Lot 349
Of Royal interest: A gold memorial stickpin for John Brown, Oueen Victoria's gillie, the circular disc with Brown’s portrait in profile, flanked by his initials “J.B.”, with his date of death “1883” below, the reverse “From VR1” in cypher, on a pin mount, D 1.7cm, H 7.2cm, 6.2grs, in a R & S Garrard case (3) Provenance: Presented by Queen Victoria to John Michie, her wood forester at Balmoral in September 1883, in memory of Brown, and given by John Michie MVO to his grandson, also John Michie, on 2 January 1920, and thence by decent. A Balmoral Castle card with these details and signed “John Michie”, Late Commissioner at Balmoral is included in this lotFollowing John Brown's death in 1883.. a Brown memorial brooch with the late gillie's head to one side and the Royal monogram on the other was designed by Her Majesty for presentation to her Highland servants and cottagers to be worn by them on the anniversary of his death, with a mourning scarf.
Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria, biography, Chatto & Windus 1921.
Hammer: £3,000
Lot 350
Of Royal interest: Set of three 18ct gold dress studs, each with white enamelled Prince of Wales’s feathers on a green ground, 5.9grs, in a Collingwood & Co. case, with cypher on cover (4) Provenance: John Michie, now Factor at Balmoral, to whom these were presented, probably by Edward, Prince of Wales.Hammer: £600
Lot 351
Of Royal interest: Set of three gold studs and a stickpin, each mounted with an openwork letter ‘A’ set rose cut diamonds within a blue enamelled circular border surmounted by a diamond set crown, H 7cm, 9grs, in a Collingwood & Co. case, with cypher on cover [NB one stud with cypher missing] Provenance: John Michie, Factor at Balmoral, to whom these were presented, by Queen Alexandra, with her note inside the cover “With every good wish from Alexandra”.