Castellani

Brooch

Lot Closed

January 14, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the descendants of William & Robert Adam

Brooch

Castellani

1870s

Composed of two hoops, terminating in confronted lion's heads suspending spherical pendants, maker's mark for Castellani.

Juliet Adam, neé Palmer, (1857-1927) who was the wife of the diplomat Charles Fox Frederick Adam (1852-1913) and daughter of Commodore James Croxhall Palmer, (1811-1885), Surgeon General of the US Navy;
Thence by descent.