AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM SARPECH
The turban ornament set with variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, rectangular and pear-shaped spinels, rectangular-cut emeralds, spinel and emerald beads, blue and green enamel, pearls, foil, gold on a lac core, 6 ½ ins., 19th century
Sirdar Charanjit Singh of Kapurthala (1883-1970) was the cousin of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala. There are many portraits of the Maharaja wearing the present sarpech.