Two cushion-shaped natural rubies, one cushion-shaped synthetic ruby, old-, single- and rose-cut diamonds, pearls, silver and gold, with safety chain

GCS, 2022, report no. 5782-1340: two rubies are Burmese, no indications of heating, one synthetic ruby

Size/Dimensions: width 5.4 cm
Gross Weight: 13.6 grams

Lady Marianne Irene Napier (d.1958);
Nancy Young (nee Willcox), inherited from the above in 1958;
Doreen Willcox, inherited from the above in 2004;
Gifted to the present owner in 2008

Lady Marianne Irene Napier was the wife of Commander Hon. Archibald Lennox Colquhoun William George Napier of the Manor House, Beaminster, Dorset. He died in 1951 and was the son of William John George Napier, 11th Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1846-1913).

Nancy Young was the goddaughter of Lady Marianne Irene Napier and was the daughter of Sir William and Lady Mildred Willcox. Doreen Willcox was Nancy Young's sister-in-law.

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