A collection of jewels, comprising: a manual winding gold wristwatch by JW Benson, the reverse with the monogram for George VI, dated 1937; fifteen paste brooches, largest 6.2cm; a dyed blue stone bead necklace; a carved bone necklace; a colourless paste necklace; a foliate silver pendant necklace set with an oval citrine; an enamel bangle; a pair of amethyst earrings; a turquoise stick pin; a paste and simulant pearl pendant; a gold propelling pencil, the end set with bloodstone; a brooch made from a large Thaler coin dated 1648; a lead ingot; a paste buckle; a turquoise cabochon, an oval amethyst and an oval blue paste

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