A pearl-set gold brooch, together with a lidded enamelled pendant in the form of a mango, India, 19th/early 20th century

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January 20, 03:57 PM GMT

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

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The Property of the Marquess of Lothian

A pearl-set gold brooch, together with a lidded enamelled pendant in the form of a mango, India, 19th/early 20th century

comprising a circular gold pendant worked with filigree set with radiating petals fitted with freshwater pearls, mounted as a brooch with vertical hook for attaching, the mango-shaped pendant with hinged lid for opening, composed of gold with enamel decoration featuring floral motifs on a lavender ground

4.5cm.; and 3.3cm.

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Possibly acquired by Lord Ralph Drury Kerr (1837–1916) who had a successful military career in India between 1891 and 1896. Lord Ralph Kerr was the father of Lord Philip Kerr who became the 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).

Newbattle Abbey, Midlothian, Inventory, 1901, p.142, Gold & Silver Trinkets, Watches, Medals & Co. In Chapel Crypt, 'Indian earring with pearl-string pendant, enamelled and 'jewelled' '.

The mango-form pendant may possibly have originally been intended to be used as a 'chunamdan', a lime-box, one of the key ingredients in the making of pan. It is close in style to a similar pendant in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, inv. no. 32557.