A NECKLACE echoing the colours that North-East suffragette heroine Emily Davison tried to pin on the king’s horse during the 1913 Epsom Derby made £2,173 at auction yesterday.
The emerald, pearl and amethyst piece, representing the green, white and purple colours adopted by the Suffragette movement, was sold by Anderson and Garland.
It was bought by a private buyer from Morpeth, Northumberland – the home town of Emily Davison, who died from injuries caused when she was trampled by the horse during the Derby.
Julian Thomson, from Anderson and Garland, said: “Necklaces like this were worn by wealthy women supporters of the movement from the 1880s onwards.
“This was their way of secretly communicating their solidarity with the cause.”
The seller, from the North- East, only discovered the history of the necklace when she took it to a BBC Antiques Roadshow event.
This year is the 80th anniversary of the Suffragette movement achieving its aim of votes for women.
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