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All elements of the suite (originally sold with two bracelets of which only one is now present) are itemised in the purchase order totalling 232 guilders.

Most of the pieces carry the assayer’s mark of Jan Berend Schöne Jr, Amsterdam. This little piece of jewellery history took €5000 (£4465) at De Zwann (29.5% buyer’s premium) in Amsterdam on June 9.