An antique silver mounted amethyst and diamond cluster, the central octagonal mixed cut amethyst with a border of twelve old brilliant cut diamonds in cut down collet mounts, subsequently mounted as a ring with patent expanding shank.

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An antique silver mounted amethyst and diamond cluster, the central octagonal mixed cut amethyst with a border of twelve old brilliant cut diamonds in cut down collet mounts, subsequently mounted as a ring with patent expanding shank.
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Provenance: Lady Peel, the above cluster was worn as a brooch by Lady Peel and pinned the feathers to the brim of her velvet hat in the portrait of her by Sir Thomas Lawrence, now in the Frick Collection, New York.

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