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20,000 - 30,000 GBP LOT SOLD. 152,450 GBP (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium) set with a cabochon blue stone, natural turquoise, size K½ with sizing band,once belonging to Jane Austen, in a contemporary jeweller's box ("T. West | Goldsmith | Ludgate Street | near St Paul's")
20,000 - 30,000 GBP LOT SOLD. 152,450 GBP (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium) set with a cabochon blue stone, natural turquoise, size K½ with sizing band,once belonging to Jane Austen, in a contemporary jeweller's box ("T. West | Goldsmith | Ludgate Street | near St Paul's")
Autograph note signed by Eleanor Austen, to her niece Caroline Austen, "My dear Caroline. The enclosed Ring once belonged to your Aunt Jane. It was given to me by your Aunt Cassandra as soon as she knew that I was engaged to your Uncle. I bequeath it to you. God bless you!", 1 page, November 1863, with address panel on verso and remains of black wax seal impression, fold tears; also with three further notes by Mary Dorothy Austen-Leigh detailing the ring's later provenance, 5 pages, 1935-1962
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