Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
Classic Design Including Property of the Marquess of Anglesey
The Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from the Private Apartment at Plas Newydd
Royal: a pair of cufflinks set with circular-cut diamonds and cabochon sapphires
Lot Closed
April 11, 01:50 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
missing connecting link; together with a pair of oval cufflinks, each inscribed; and one oval cufflink, inscribed, 10th June 1901 and MA.
The gem-set pair the gift of Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941) and Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain (1887-1969) to Charles Henry Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey (1885–1947) on the occasion of his marriage to Victoria Marjorie Harriet Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey (née Manners; 1883–1946).
Anon, Wedding Presents Received by the Marquess and Marchioness of Anglesey, Received 27th July [1912], p.4, Pair Sapphire & Diamond bar cuff links / Their Majesties The King & Queen of Spain. (Bangor University Archives and Special Collections, PN/IX/6149);
Lofts & Warner, London, An Inventory and Valuation […] At Plas Newydd, Anglesey, 1948, p.122, Sleeve Links, Buttons and Studs, ‘d.) Pair Diamond and cabochon sapphire bar links, platinum [sic] mounted’.
(Private Family Archive).
The Chronicle, Friday, August 12th, 1912, ‘The Marriage of the Marquess of Anglesey to Lady Marjorie Manners, The Bridegroom’s Presents’, ‘The King and Queen of Spain, pair of diamond and sapphire bar cuff links’