Live Auction 22325Important Americana
A SUITE OF AMERICAN GOLD, AGATE, AND PEARL JEWELRY
Lot 383 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLORIA MANNEY

A SUITE OF AMERICAN GOLD, AGATE, AND PEARL JEWELRY

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 January 2024

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USD 4,410

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A SUITE OF AMERICAN GOLD, AGATE, AND PEARL JEWELRY
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Comprising a necklace of agate beads with gold clasp, a ring, and a pin, the clasp, ring, and pin all with a central cabochon agate surrounded by a border of pearls and engraved on the reverse ME Saltonstall, apparently unmarked
16 7⁄8 in. (43 cm.) long, flat, the necklace

ME Saltonstall, possibly for Martha Saltonstall (1748-1823), New London, Connecticut, who married David Manwaring (1741-1804) on 15 January 1767.

Specialist note

The present suite of jewelry was owned by a member of the Saltonstall family, possibly Martha Saltonstall (1748-1823), daughter of Gurdon Saltonstall Jr. (1708-1785) and Rebecca Winthrop (1712-1776), and granddaughter of Gurdon Saltonstall Esq. (1666-1724), governor of the Connecticut colony from 1707 to 1724. Martha's sister Rebecca Saltonstall (1734-1812) inherited a basin by Jeremiah Dummer owned by Gurdon Saltonstall Esq., which was sold in these rooms, 22 January 2021, lot 289.