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Lot 113
Sale 5099 - Fine Jewelry & Silver
Jun 25, 2005
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$1,200
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Antique gold, seed pearl & turquoise bead drop necklace
Composed of a seed pearl neck band with fifteen triangular drops set with nine turquoise beads and three seed pearls. Original black tooled leather oval case with the label of "Henry Tessici, Court Jeweler, 32 South Andley Street, Grosvenor Square," accompanied by a note stating the necklace belonged to Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, and seen in a painting of her by Joshua Reynolds.