Jewellery case
Category
Jewellery
Date
Unknown
Materials
Collection
Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire
NT 495549.6.2
Summary
Sliding lid for the jewellery case designed and made by Louis Osman (1914-96) for Mrs. Dorothy Jenkins. It was made from a piece of yew taken from the grounds of Canons Ashby. The case was made specially to house to gold opal parure created by Osman in 1972 and 1973.
Provenance
Gold opal parure made by Louis Osman (1914-96) at Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire in 1972 and 1973 for Maurice and Dorothy Jenkins, the pieces set with opals purchased by Maurice Jenkins in Australia; fitted case made by Osman at a later date; thence by descent to Victoria, Toby and Claire Jenkins. Exhibited at Canons Ashby, May 1974. Consigned to auction at Noonans, Mayfair, 26 November 2024, lot 373 and purchased by the National Trust for Canons Ashby in 2024, with support from a National Trust fund set up by the late Simon Sainsbury.