Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

4 Victorian ruby and diamond necklace designed as twenty-one hinged knife-edge pierced links accented with alternating claw-set rubies and old-cut diamonds, the front set with open diamond-shaped swags highlighted with seven foliate and diamond claw-set drops, the rubies weighing approximately 4.00-5.00 carats, the old-cut diamonds weighing approximately 9.00-9.50 carats, with detachable link, length approximately 410mm, fitted case, The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent St, London, W. R80 000–100 000 5 Ruby and diamond ring claw-set to the centre with an oval-cut ruby, the shoulders and band claw-set with brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.35 carat, size P½ R10 000–15 000 4 5 17