Eliza Harper (nee Jarvis) Grandmother of Phyllis Dorothy Kemp (nee Stratton) lived in India for some time as governess to 3 girls, who's father Colonel Bird was stationed there in the Army. This silver brooch and ear rings were given to Eliza by the girls father.
The back of the brooch contains locks of the girls hair. The girls were drowned when the ship, in which they were returning to England, was wrecked.
These pieces have pride of place in our display coffee table.
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