Diamond eternity ring circa 1925
Category
Jewellery
Date
1925
Materials
Gold, Precious stone
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1117870
Summary
Diamond eternity ring circa 1925. Set all round with twenty-four mixed old European brilliant cut diamonds. Two stones deficient.
Full description
Given by Ellen Terry to the actress Madge Titheradge (1887 - 1961). It passed directly to Mrs Primrose Joanna Harris nee Cochrane and then to the donor Mrs Vanessa Cunningham, Madge Titheradge's great-niece. Report by John Benjamin Honorary Jewellery Advisor August 2021
Provenance
Believed to have been owned by or given to Ellen Terry (1847-1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869-1947) and came to the National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transferred Smallhythe Place (including buildings, land and contents) to the Trust.
Credit line
National Trust (Smallhythe Place)