A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . 134 ENAMEL NECKLACE of gold filigree with corresponding brooch and earrings, which tillvery lately were in the possession of the Eglinton family. This and. other family jewels were left by the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton tohis four daughters. In consequence of some difficulty about theirsubdivision, the trinkets were sold in London, in February 1894,when the Mary Seton Necklace was purchased for Sir AlgernonBorthwick for ^365, while ano
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . 134 ENAMEL NECKLACE of gold filigree with corresponding brooch and earrings, which tillvery lately were in the possession of the Eglinton family. This and. other family jewels were left by the thirteenth Earl of Eglinton tohis four daughters. In consequence of some difficulty about theirsubdivision, the trinkets were sold in London, in February 1894,when the Mary Seton Necklace was purchased for Sir AlgernonBorthwick for ^365, while another magnificent necklace of blackpearls, each set in a cluster of brilliants, was acquired by SirJohn Blundell Maple, , for ^3450, described by the buyer as only the price of a racehorse! In the catalogue of the sale, theSeton necklace was stated to have been brought into the Eglintonfamily, along with a picture by Holbein, on a marriage of aMontgomerie with the heir of the Setons about the year point of fact, the union in question was between Sir AlexanderSeton (Greysteel) and the heiress of Eglinton. Mr. Hay of Duns Castle, heir of line of the Setons, Viscounts SILVER-GILT DRAUGHT-BOARD 135 Kingston, still possesses what is evidently the principal portionof the Eglinton necklace. When residi
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