Carrington & Co. A seed pearl and diamond necklace, pair of bracelets and earrings, later converted from a Belle Époque sautoir,the necklace with a pierced quatrefoil pendant millegrain set with old European cut and single cut diamonds, the principal diamond with an estimated weight of approximately 0.75 carats, to a lattice strung seed pearl necklace on black velvet ribbon, to a pierced diamond set box clasp, length 45cm; a pair of matching lattice seed pearl bracelets with diamond set box clasps converted from the original end pieces, length 16.5cm; and a pair of matching earrings converted from the original diamond spacer plaques, length 4cm; in a fitted case by Carrington & Co., Jewellers, 130 Regent St, London, W, with gilt embossed initials M. E. C. Provenance: Mary Endicott Carnegie (formerly Chamberlain), widow of Joseph Chamberlain and step mother to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, by descent