A Tourmaline Pendant Set with Diamonds, India, 18th-19th century

of ovoid form, inlaid with gold and set with cut diamonds each side decorated with a flowering plant emanating from a vase issuing flowerheads and buds, later loop with claw-set diamond

minor area of loss to gold inlay, small chips and abrasions to surface
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This pendant is very similar in form and decoration to a seventeenth-century gem-set rock crystal scent bottle recorded in the 1690 Schedule from the collection at Burghley House (see Lincolnshire 1985, p.26, no. 27.)