£4,250
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky | 651
Auction: 18 August 2021 at 11:00 BST
the oval foil backed citrine set in silver with small rose-cut diamonds, the enclosed setting engraved to the border; "H Farquharson killed at Culloden 16th April 1746" simple pin fitting; together with three small gold memento mori brooches and a seal wax impression
Provenance: Property from Tornaveen House, Aberdeenshire
By direct family descent believed to have come from John Henderson of Caskieben (1743-1825) married a Miss Farquharson (d.1788)
Their son Alexander Farquharson Henderson
By descent to Alexia Beatrice Mary de dombal Flora Fraser (nee Macdonald)
By direct descent to the current vendor