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175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK

Posted by Karen on September 25, 2026, 12:41 pm

Family lengend is that the set was bought from the Swedish Royal Family in the 19th Century.

Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK

Posted by Hollie24 on September 25, 2026, 1:02 pm, in reply to "175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK"

The set will do nicely for all of us, thank you very much.

Dibs on being the first to wear the smaller earrings!

Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK

Posted by Candace on September 25, 2026, 7:28 pm, in reply to "Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK"

Absolutely magnificent...whatever the original provenance is!

Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK

Posted by Hollie24 on September 26, 2026, 1:37 pm, in reply to "Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK"

I think the appraiser lowballed the owner in terms of value. The intricacy and details of the set, let alone the value of the diamonds and garnets, makes 5000 UKP seem way too low. Add in the age of the piece and its alleged history and I'd say the value is much greater than the quote.

Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK

Posted by karenl on September 27, 2026, 1:59 am, in reply to "Re: 175-Year-Old Garnet Set Leaves Expert in Awe | BBC Antiques Roadshow UK"

Garnets are beautiful, I have some earrings and a necklace from my grandmother, she brought them over from Czechoslovakia when her family emigrated to the US.
Five thousand pounds or around sixty five hundred US dollars would be about right. Unfortunately, the gold is lower grade plus the family doesn't have positive proof such as a document that the set belonged to the Swedish Royal Family. Garnets are also unfortunately consider semiprecious gems. The appraiser didn't mention the grade of the pearls or diamonds.

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