Lot 867
A VICTORIAN DIAMOND BROOCH PENDANT
of trefoil foliate design, set with four old cushion-shaped diamonds with further graduated old brilliant-cut diamonds set to the surround, in silver and backed in gold, detachable brooch fitting, 4 x 3.2cm.
In fitted box inscribed to the front Presented to Lady Caird by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd., Birkenhead on the occasion of the launch of H.M.S. Dido, 18th July 1939.
H.M.S. Dido was the name ship of her class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy. Constructed by Cammell Laird Shipyard of Birkenhead, she entered service in 1940 during World War II. The cruiser took part in several battles in the Mediterranean and Arctic theatres of war. Following the war, the ship performed ceremonial functions before being sold for scrapping in 1957.
