A rare and documented Victorian gold, enamel, diamond and ruby armorial brooch for the Third Marquess and Marchioness of Bute

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A beautiful gold brooch in Gothic style mounted with an enamelled armorial shield surmounted by a pearl set coronet within a circlet of cushion-shaped rubies and diamonds, the reverse mounted with a locket, supplied by Mackay, Cunningham & Co., Edinburgh as a gift for a bridesmaid at the marriage of John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, to Gwendolin Fitzalan-Howard on 16 April 1872.

Dimensions approx: 29mm x 32mm / 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches

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• A rare and documented Victorian gold, enamel, diamond and ruby armorial brooch for the Third Marquess and Marchioness of Bute