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A pearl and diamond pendant and chain with Royal provenance, the pendant with a 5.5mm bouton pearl centre in a fringe of tapered petals set with rose cut diamonds, and now held in an open circular frame by five millegrain edged hoops, with scrolled surmount and suspensory loop and bale, overall diameter 25mm, on a faceted box link chain with barrel clasp and safety chain, length of chain 48cm; presented in a blue leather and gold tooled case with applied crown on the top, and enclosing a hand-written note saying 'The star forming the centre of this pendant was (in the form of a scarf pin) presented to Mr WA Masterman of Bournemouth by Her Majesty Queen of Sweden & Norway upon the occasion of the wedding of her son Prince Oscar to Miss Ebba Munck, 15/3/1888'
Other Notes: Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (15 November 1859 – 4 October 1953) was the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau. He was known as Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. However, by marrying contrary to Swedish constitutional requirements, and without the consent of his father, the King, he lost those titles, becoming instead Luxembourgish nobility as Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg. Ebba Munck was a lady-in-waiting of the crown princess, Victoria of Baden. She was religious and influenced Oscar in this regard. When Oscar told his family that he wished to marry Ebba, they were scandalized. He was forced to take a two-year consideration period, and Ebba was dismissed as a lady-in-waiting. In 1887, Oscar told his family that he had not changed his mind, and the royal house reluctantly gave its consent to the marriage but on condition that Oscar's brothers signed a document promising that they should never enter a similar marriage, which they did. On 29 January 1888, the engagement was formally announced. The match was treated with great sorrow within the Royal house, but it received a lot of sympathy from the public. It was said that a bridge had been placed between the people and the royal house - 'the Munck bridge'. When the couple left Stockholm, a large crowd gathered at the train station to see them off and show their support. They were married on 15 March 1888 in St Stephen's Church at Bournemouth and he and his wife were named with new titles as Prince and Princess Bernadotte as of their wedding day.

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