SEED PEARL NECKLACE, 19TH CENTURY

Designed as two seed pearl torsades, the pearl set clasp supporting two tassles, length approximately 360mm, fitted case stamped Lucien Tesson, the exterior of the case with a grass-snake, symbol of the Colbert family, surmounted with a marquis crown.

Caroline de Colbert-Turgis (1829-1886), daughter of Albert-Henri de Colbert, Comte de Colbert-Turgis, and Caroline de Colbert Chabanais, who married Edouard de Colbert, Marquis du Cannet (1828-1859) Thence by descent