A JADE AND DIAMOND FLOWER BROOCH, BY JOHN DONALD

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A JADE AND DIAMOND FLOWER BROOCH, BY JOHN DONALD
The textured Escallonia spray with brilliant-cut diamond stamen and three carved nephrite jade leaves, with London hallmarks for 18 carat gold and 1977, in original brown leather John Donald case
Signed JAD for John Donald

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This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

The delicate gold flowers for this brooch and earrings were cast directly from a cutting from the Escallonia shrub growing in John Donald's garden. As a keen amateur horticulturalist herself, when H.R.H. The Princess Margaret was shown the early stages of the casting of the flowers from the small evergreen plant, she was immediately taken with the concept. The Princess enquired after the species of flower, and asked for a matching set of Escallonia brooch and earclips to be made for her.