The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Auction Closed
March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ivory, enamel and diamond pendant
late 18th century
of navette outline, the centre with a glazed compartment set with an ivory plaque depicting two doves perched at the edge of a classical altar composed of hair work and set with a half-pearl heart pierced with arrows and lines of rose-cut diamonds, beneath a festooned ribbon bearing the inscription Alike We Burn and a starry sky set with additional rose-cut diamonds, within a border set with cushion-shaped diamonds and applied with deep blue basse taille enamel, the reverse also glazed