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Lot 2092
Two Gold and Aquamarine Bar Brooches
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first bar brooch centered with one oval cut aquamarine (15.60 x 8.90 x 6.61mm) completed with single pin stem, unmarked and testing 14KT; the second with off center bezel set round cut aquamarine (6.35mm) set on a 9KT gold bar brooch with pin stem, stamped JG&S 9ct, possibly for John Grinsell & Sons, Birmingham.

2.5 in.; 2 in.

4.8 dwt.

From the Estate of the late Dr. Alison Mary Turner, Wake Forest, NC. Much of the collection was inherited from Dr. Turner's parents, Royal Navy Captain and Mrs. John Schomberg Hammill and great-grandparents, Admiral Sir Montague Edward Browning and Lady Ruth Boldero Browning. As members of the Peers of the Realm of Great Britain, Dr. Turner's family history is well documented, and additional information on the family is available.

Longer brooch with slight bend to pin stem.