Sparkling jewels and watches offered in Dix Noonan Webb s spring auction
A beautiful amethyst rivière necklace.
LONDON
.- A beautiful amethyst rivière necklace, formerly the property of Marie-Louise, Countess Manvers (1889-1984), will be offered by Dix Noonan Webb in their live/online auction of Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 1pm.
Marie-Louise Countess Manvers was an acclaimed artist, (painting under the name Marie-Louise Pierrepont). Born Marie-Louise Roosevelt Butterfield in 1889, she was the only child of Lord Frederick and Lady Butterfield of Cliffe Castle Keighley, Yorkshire. In 1917, Marie-Louise married Captain Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont (1881-1955), the sixth Earl Manvers JP MC & Duke of Kingston on Hull. The necklace, composed of large graduating oval mixed-cut amethysts, is estimated at £1,500-£2,000. On her death, the necklace passed to her only surviving child, Lady Frederica Rozelle Ridgway Pierrepont (1925-20