



Battenberg Pearls Pearl Necklace Pearl String| Princess Victoria of Hesse, Princess of Battenberg|Countess Milford Haven
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse by Rhine, wearing her pearl jewels – the pearl string collier with a diamond pearl clasp, a pair of pear shaped ear pendants a pearl brooch a pearl pendant, from her wedding gifts, later called the „Battenberg Pearls“, it’s known the royal pearls are presented from Queen Victoria, to her daughter Princess Alice the Grand Duchess of Hesse, as wedding gift and later presents.
A small gold tiara is in her hair, probably the wedding gift from the Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg ,notice the emerald clasp on the wrist, we had in a post before as center of a necklace and I will do an addition about it, as well as the emerald drop on the side.
The Cartier Diadem, was set with 1,033 brilliants, 84 baton diamonds and 17 diamond beads.
Account dated 8 January 1948, £5,000;