Countess of Harewood | Art Deco Diamond Bracelet

An art deco graduated cushion-shaped red stones (one ruby third link up from bar end of clasp) and diamond bracelet belonging to Marion Thorpe, Countess of Harewood.

Of flexible openwork design, composed of a series of slightly graduated cushion-shaped red stones, to the old mine and old European-cut diamond borders and geometric style links, mounted in platinum, 6 3/4 inches, 41.43 grams, circa 1925, in a fitted Shapland London Jewels and Antiques case. Please note that only one red stone is tested as ruby; the others are simulated.

The art deco bracelet comes directly from the estate of Marion Thorpe, maiden name Stein, who was a concert pianist who married George Lascelles, the 7th Earl of Harewood, in 1949, becoming the Countess of Harewood. Queen Elizabeth II was Earl Harewood’s first cousin and attended their wedding. Queen Elizabeth II and the Countess became close friends during her marriage to the Earl of Harewood. The couple divorced in 1967, and Marion remarried politician Jeremy Thorpe. Marion’s son, David Lascelles, is the current 8th Earl of Harewood. 

PROVENANCE From The Estate of Marion Thorpe, Countess of Harewood 1949-1967

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