A sale of royal memorabilia at Colchester saleroom Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) on February 15 included items from the estate of Miss Beryl Poignand (1887-1965), governess and confidante to HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
This two-colour gold, diamond and green guilloché enamel brooch with central crowned ER cipher had been a gift from Elizabeth in the 1930s.
Offered in the original red and gilt tooled leather case for the retailer Carrington & Co, Regent Street, with a further gilt embossed crowned ER cipher to the lid, it took £4600.
