The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

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Four onyx and diamond buttons and one stud, 1920s

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Four onyx and diamond buttons and one stud

1920s


each button millegrain-set with a square section of onyx, bordered by circular-cut diamonds; and an onyx and rose-cut diamond stud

The buttons were a wedding gift to Lord Louis Mountbatten from Lady Cunard. 

Emerald Cunard ( 1872-1948) was the friend of both the Mountbatten's, she was the epicentre of fashionable London society during the 1920s and 30s; an American hostess with panache.