three section bow/pendant design, likely Spanish or Portuguese, square and rectangle table cut emeralds, tested at least 14kt. yellow gold, lion stamped on back, 2-1/4 x 1-1/4 in., 14.8 grams

Provenance: Estate of the Artists James McBey and Marguerite McBey, London, England; by descent in family

Note: See lot 21, Christie's "Antique and Period Jewels" sale, 2/12/1981In 1980, Marguerite Loeb McBey donated a group of similar jewelry to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Items were highlighted in an exhibition titled "The Eighteenth-Century Woman, An Exhibition at the Costume Institute, December 12, 1981." To view Marguerite McBey's collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art please visit: https://www.metmuseum.org/search-results#!/search?q=marguerite%20mcbey&orderByCountDesc=true&page=1

tarnish, chips/losses to some stones, repairs, missing one emerald, one earhook bent/cracked and does not close/latch into hole, wear and scratches