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Posted by Dawn
on May 13, 2012, 6:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Margaret of Connaught - wedding jewelry gifts pictured"
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Sad some pieces were forever out of the Swedish or another royal family collection now.
I think I like the Khedive and Connaught tiaras better than the ruby/diamond tiara because they have prettier designs.
I wonder if there is any photograph of someone wearing that ruby and diamond necklace (given by the future King George V and Queen Mary, Princesses Louise and Victoria and Maud, and the husbands of Louise and Maud) before it was sold for good. Maybe there is a picture of Crown Princess Margaret wearing that one, is there?
I am curious....is there a list of wedding gifts given to then-Crown Prince Gustav and his second wife, then-Lady Louise Mountbatten? When did they marry? If it's before 1922, I might be able to find something on the Library of Congress collection but if it's after 1922, then we are out of luck.
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: Dawn, not every piece depicted in the wedding
: gift illustration are accounted for at all!
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: The biggest ‘loss’ perhaps is the ruby
: necklace, which was obviously meant to go
: with the ruby tiara, but was (like the tiara
: at one point) sold and could not (in
: contrast to the tiara) be bought back for
: the Bernadotte collection.
: I presume that many of the smaller pieces
: which are neither in the Swedish nor Danish
: collection anymore might have been sold at
: one point by CP Margaret’s sons when they
: lost their titles upon unequal marriage.
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: Below, just the three tiaras, the
: Grenadier’s brooch…
: …and CP Margaret herself in two images when
: she managed to wear two tiaras at the same
: time.
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: Edward VII ruby tiara-necklace
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: Grenadier’s brooch
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: You are welcome, Boris. I enjoy looking at
: that illustration of the jewels being
: presented at Clarence House...thanks for
: posting it here once again!
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: It would be nice if someone here post a
: picture of each of these jewels and other
: items both in the article and in the
: illustration so I can clearly see and
: appreciate them in color! I suppose all of
: them in the illustration & article are
: still accounted for in the Royal Collections
: of Swedish, Danish and Greek royal families,
: are they?
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: Thank you very much for posting this
: article,
: Dawn!
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: ...and here is (once again, but always great
: to look at) effectively the illustration to
: accompany the article's section about the
: jewelry wedding gifts which shows so many
: familiar pieces:
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: --Previous Message--
: Source: Library of Congress collection.
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: Maybe you have known these facts before,
: but.....
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: From 'New York-Tribune' (NYC, NY) dated June
: 10, 1905:
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: THE ROYAL WEDDING AT LONDON: Princess
: Margaret Victoria's Gown--A Long List of
: Gifts.
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: London, June 9: With the departure of King
: Alfonso, interest in society circles begins
: to center on the coming wedding of Prince
: Gustave Adolphus, eldest son of Crown Prince
: Gustave of Sweden and Norway, and Princess
: Margaret Victoria, daughter of the Duke of
: Connaught (here shows up a small smear that
: I couldn't see some words
: clearly)........will begin to arrive here
: next (another small smear here).
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: Long descriptions are published of the
: trousseau of the Princess Margaret Victoria
: and of the gowns of the bridesmaids, a view
: of which has been given to the members of
: the press. The four bridesmaids will be
: Princess Mary of Wales, Princess Patricia of
: Connaught, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg
: and Gotha and Princess Eugenia of
: Battenberg.
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: The wedding gown is a cloud of pure white
: Irish lace, over white satin, strewn with
: garlards of orange blossoms and myrrths
: (sp?). The corsage is cut low and there is
: the regulation court train. This gown is
: from Paris, but practically all the other
: gowns for the bride and bridesmaids are of
: British or Irish make and material.
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: The Duke and Duchess of Connaught gave a
: garden party at Clarence House today for the
: display of the wedding gifts, which formed
: an amazing display of jewels, especially
: rubies, Princess Margaret Victoria's
: favorite gem. The Duke and Duchess of
: Connaught gave their daughter a diamond
: tiara and a sable coat; King Edward and
: Queen Alexandra gave a magnificent tiara of
: rubies and diamonds, while a beautiful
: necklace of rubies and diamonds is the joint
: gift of the Prince and Princess of Wales,
: Princess Louise and the Duke of Fife,
: Princess Victoria and Prince and Princess
: Charles of Denmark. The Khedive of Egypt
: sent a diamond tiara.
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: The Duchess of Abercorn and other Irish
: peeresses, on behalf of the ladies of
: Ireland, called at Clarence House and
: presented to Princess Margaret Victoria
: wedding lace and a veil of choice Irish
: manufacture. Baron von Bildt, the Minister
: of Sweden and Norway, on behalf of the
: Swedish and Norweigan residents of London,
: presented to the princess a service of gold
: plate.
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