Lot 757

Description

Oriana anchor pendant, in gold (tested as 9ct; 0.68g), features a fouled anchor and on the anchor's upright in incuse lettering is the name, 'ORIANA'; together with a thin rolled gold neck chain (approx 54cm); also a diamond-like dress ring in 9ct gold (tot wt 4.21g), features a large central stone with two smaller sized stones at each side, all bezel set. The first extremely fine, the second with a mis-shaped band that needs adjusting, otherwise very fine. (3)

The pendant purchased as a souvenir on board the Oriana in the early 1980s.

SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners and was launched on 3 November 1959. In 1966, that company was fully absorbed into the P&O group and from 1973 Oriana was operated as a full-time cruise ship. Between 1981 and her retirement from service five years later, Oriana was based at Sydney, Australia, providing cruises to Pacific Ocean and South-East Asian ports. In early 1986, the vessel was sold to become a floating hotel and tourist attraction, first in Japan and later in China, and finally in 2005 was sold to be broken up.