An amethyst and diamond pendant, mid 19th century

Estate of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857-1944).

Bought from Collingwood Jewellers in 1946.

Thence by descent. 

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857 – 1944), later Princess Henry of Battenberg was the youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The princess had a close relationship with her mother and was her unofficial secretary at until she died in 1901. Princess Beatrice devoted her life to editing Queen Victoria’s journals as her designated literary executor, resulting in only a third of the original contents remaining.

Princess Beatrice fell in love with Prince Henry of Battenberg, whom she then married in 1885 after a year spent convincing her mother of the match. She was a keen photographer, so much so Queen Victoria has a darkroom installed at Osborne House. She died aged 87 in 1944.