ITALY, ANCIENT STATES, KINGDOM OF SARDINIA SUPREME ORDER OF SS. ANNUNZIATA, SMALL COLLAR PENDANT WITH GEMSGOLD, DIAMONS, RUBIES, 43X79 MM, WITHOUT SUSPENSION RINGSSUPREME ORDER OF SS. ANNUNZIATA, SMALL COLLAR PENDANT WITH GEMS, IN GOLD, 37 DIAMONDS AND ONE RUBY. THE PENDANT ISPOSED OF THREE KNOTS WITH, AT THE CENTRE, THE HOLY ANNUNCIATION OF MARY, TWO OTHER SAVOY KNOTS ADDED VERTICALLY BY A JOINTED TECNIQUE. AT THE VERSE UREADABLE MARKS, AROUND 1850, WITH A ROSETTE ABOVE AND A RIBBON ABOVE THE CENTRAL ROSETTE. IN THE MIDDLE A RUBY, THE TWO KNOTS ADDED HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SURFACES, IT COULD BE THE PENDANT OF A SMALL COLLAR ADAPTED AS A PENDANT OF A GRAND COLLAR WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TWO KNOTS AND ROSETTE GIVEN THAT THE TEXTURE APPEARS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTVERY FINE, ONE DIAMOND MISSING, PROV. SOTHEBY’S, JULY 1991, LOT 426