Lot 58: Three pcs. 14K Gold Jewelry, Bracelet and 2 Brooches

Three (3) pieces vintage 14K Gold Jewelry with matching interlocking bar design including 1 bracelet and 2 matching gold brooches. 1st item: Ladies 14K yellow gold bracelet. The bracelet is marked "14K" and XRF tests 14K gold. The bracelet is 7" L. and has a weight of 64.57 grams. 2nd item: Ladies 14K yellow gold brooch. The brooch is marked "14K" and XRF tests 14K gold. The brooch is 1 1/2 x 1" in size and has a weight of 10.24 grams. 3rd item: Ladies 14K yellow gold brooch. The brooch is marked "14K" and XRF tests 14K gold. The brooch is 1 1/2 x 1/2" in size and has a weight of 8.60 grams. Gross weight of the lot is 83.41 grams.

PROVENANCE: By descent in the family of American socialite and businesswoman Lelia Sinclair Gordon Dickey (1899-1989). She was the great-granddaughter of wealthy Virginia planter Bazil Gordon, owner of Wakefield Manor Farm, and in 1916 she served as a bridesmaid at the first marriage of her second cousin, Wallis Simpson (for whom King Edward VIII gave up his throne). She ran the Lelia Noyes Dress Shop on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC., for many years. Her husbands included Newbold Noyes, associate editor of the Washington Evening Star.

CONDITION: Narrower brooch has a small area on each side that has been broken or shaved off, suggesting it may have been converted from another form.