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Reference: S11328
Period: George VI
Year: Circa 1940
Silversmith: Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd.
Place: London
Price: $ 820.00
Weight: 4 grams
Dimensions: 5.5 cm
Condition: Excellent, perfectly preserved in original box. Box also good condition, full working order.
Description: A beautiful Grenadier Guards Diamond, Pearl and 14 Carat gold sweetheart brooch, perfectly preserved in it's original Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Regent Street box. The brooch features the Grenadier Guard's flaming grenade, the flames portion contains 25 small diamonds set in 14 carat gold, the body of the grenade is a natural pearl, 6 mm in diameter, set in a gold striated bowl. The grenade is mounted on a gold bar brooch, with gold pin and gold safety roller catch, this is a good quality sweetheart brooch, and would have been expensive when new. No hallmarks are present, but the brooch has tested as 14 carat gold. The original box is also beautiful, leather with gold detail, the interior silk and velvet, it reads "By Appointment to H. M. The King, The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent St. London W". The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co became Limited in 1898, they were amalgamated into Garrard's, The Crown Jeweller's, in 1952. We have tentatively dated this brooch to World War II, but it could be earlier. The Grenadier Guards was established in 1656, and is the most senior Infantry Regiment in the British Army, best known for their red tunics and bearskins, seen at ceremonial duties at Windsor and Buckingham Palace.
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Grenadier Guards Diamond, Pearl and Gold Regimental Sweetheart Brooch
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Grenadier Guards Diamond, Pearl and Gold Regimental Sweetheart Brooch
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Grenadier Guards Sweetheart Brooch
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Grenadier Guards Sweetheart Brooch original box
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Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Regent Street
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Gilded leather and silk sweetheart brooch box
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Grenadier Guards gold sweetheart brooch, back
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