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Necklace belonging to Lady Amelia Offley Bernard

Necklace belonging to Lady Amelia Offley Bernard Silver mounting with nacre medallions surrounded by paste stones,
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Alternative title: Amelia Offley Bernard necklace

Silver mounting with nacre medallions surrounded by paste stones, by unknown maker, Europe, mid-18th century

3 cm x 42 cm

Jewelry 02.020


“This necklace of mother of pearl & paste belonged to Lady Bernard, wife of Sir Francis Bernard last British Governor of the Masstts. Bay Colony – when she left America in 1768 she gave it to her friend Mrs. M. Nichols who gave it to Mrs. Thomas Lamb (Rosanna Duncan Lamb) my great grandmother. [signed] (Rosamond Lamb)”