Regalia of Scotland: The George, 1850. The Great George was made for Charles II in 1661 by the Royal goldsmith, Robert Vyner. It was described as a '...large enamelled George set with 20 large diamonds and one hundred and odd lesser diamonds'. It would have been attached to the Garter collar. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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