The Most Noble Order of the Garter, an exceptional and large Georgian breast star in silver with gold and enamel centre, 123mm x 113mm, the four greater and four lesser rays beautifully bright-cut and individually hinged with gold springs, the eight principal points with small gold eyelets for sewing to uniform, two eylets lacking and some others a little bent, the reverse fitted with three gold prongs, circa 1800-10, contained in a contemporary lozenge-shaped red leather case, this lacking two retaining catches (of three), otherwise extremely fine and very rare, a magnificent piece of the finest quality £12000-15000

Provenance: Sotheby, 27 September 1978; Stanley Gibbons, September 1979, to present vendor.

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