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Lot Essay
Cf. G. Redington Dawes and O. Collings, Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2007, p.150-151
Cf. S. Bury Jewellery 1789-1910, The International Era, Volume 1 1789-1861 Antique Collectors’ Club, 1991, p.164
Throughout the Georgian period the cross pendant remained the most popular motif with which women adorned their necks, suspending them variously from gold chains, velvet ribbons or rivière necklaces. It is recorded that in 1801 Jane Austen’s brother Charles purchased for her and her sister Cassandra ‘gold chains & Topaze Crosses’. These gifts were clearly a delight to the sisters, Jane writing to Cassandra that ‘We shall be unbearably fine.’
Cf. S. Bury Jewellery 1789-1910, The International Era, Volume 1 1789-1861 Antique Collectors’ Club, 1991, p.164
Throughout the Georgian period the cross pendant remained the most popular motif with which women adorned their necks, suspending them variously from gold chains, velvet ribbons or rivière necklaces. It is recorded that in 1801 Jane Austen’s brother Charles purchased for her and her sister Cassandra ‘gold chains & Topaze Crosses’. These gifts were clearly a delight to the sisters, Jane writing to Cassandra that ‘We shall be unbearably fine.’