Debo also sold a diamond necklace circa 2005/6 through one of the big auction houses. No doubt it was her personal property and sold to help defray the costs of setting up her new home
--Previous Message-- : : Mary, Duchess of Devonshire wore the jewel : as a necklace and tiara, as Ashdean : mentioned, and also wore one of the motifs : as a brooch. I don't have the book, but : someone once posted here that it is not : mentioned in the chapter on the Devonshires : in Diana Scarisbrick's Ancestral Jewels . : Considering that and the fact that it has : not been seen on any previous or subsequent : duchess makes me think that it could have : been Mary's personal property and was : perhaps left to one of her daughters. : :