A Small Early 20thC Silver Mounted Blue John Pendant c.1910-20 sub-Natural History a chequered past

a chequered past

Buffalo Bill was to change all this

After realising he was going to be lonely without company in such a large castle he set about populating the building and grounds with a menagerie of animals and in tandem with his gun dogs he kept a tame buzzard named Maude who he kept in the top of the tower

Rampling of Cambridge

the whole standing on a moulded plinth base and surviving largely in original condition from the George III period

A Small Early 20thC Silver Mounted Blue John Pendant c.1910-20 sub-Natural History a chequered pastOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 20 Height: 0. 5 Width: 0. 5 Weight: 1. 8 grams The dainty blue john pendant, having the original suspension hanging loop to a chased silver mount and surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth century. In fine condition there are no chips or losses and the original hanging loop is present. The stone could be polished if so desired. It is stamped Silver to the reverse. First