Hallmarked 1929
9 carat yellow gold and enamel with chain link connections. Each gold oval panel set a blue enamel ‘G’ cypher for King George V embracing the Roman numeral ‘V’ surmounted by an enamelled Imperial State Crown. Hallmarked 1929. Contained in their original box of the royal warrant holder Henry Hodson Plante of Bury Street, St. James's, London. Together with a card dated ‘Master of the Household’s Office, Buckingham Palace, Christmas 1933’ and a letter to Gower - 'The King says you may fish in the Balmoral water this Autumn’.
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Gower (1866-1943), or Jesse William Gower as he was christened, first entered service in the household of the Duke of Portland and by the time of his marriage in 1900 was in ‘Queen’s service’. He was appointed a Page of the Presence at Windsor in May 1910, and on the occasion of the King’s Birthday in 1917, was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in silver. During the course of his career he served Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V, and received a host of British and foreign awards for zeal in the execution of duties. Gower retired in 1936.
Jesse Gower with his wife, Ada Charlotte 1910