1960s "Lady Bell of Montgreenan" Cigarette Case solitaire rings almandine & hessonite garnet

almandine & hessonite garnet

This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background

Each diamond drop is individually articulated

before people had access to screens and fine printing this was presumably one of the few ways to trick the mind in such a way

each type specific to a particular locality

1960s "Lady Bell of Montgreenan" Cigarette Case solitaire rings almandine & hessonite garnetDATE: Vintage, c. 1960 Most unusual vintage cigarette case dating from the 1960s. The outer cover is a laminated envelope with stamp and the address of one: "Lady Bell Montgreenan Kilwinning Ayrshire Scotland" The stamp features a young queen Elizabeth the 2nd, first issued in 1960 so provides a rough date. However, the only fragments I can find linking a Lady Bell to Mongreenan, a centuries old stately home in Ayrshire, refers to "Sir James and Lady