Live Auction 10672Mrs Thatcher - Property from the Collection of The Right Honourable The Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG, OM, FRS
AN EARLY VICTORIAN DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH
Of oval cluster design, the centre set with a cushion-cut violet coloured sapphire within a pavé set border of small cushion-cut diamonds to an outer surround of twelve diamond collets with similarly set projecting accents, circa 1860, 4 cm., mounted in silver and gold

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Specialist note

This brooch was much worn by Lady Thatcher and a photograph of her wearing it with her successor as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, John Major, is illustrated in I. Dale ed., Margaret Thatcher, London, 2005, p. 258.