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Posted by Dmitry
on May 29, 2012, 7:22 pm, in reply to "Queen Victoria's Emeralds"
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The design of the necklace closely mirrors that of the sapphire necklace from the French Crown jewels, which ended up with the Cholomondelay's, albeit sadly altered in recent years.
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: Hunting for an image on the Royal Collection
: Website, I stumbled across this painting
: that depicts some of Queen Victoria's very
: impressive Emerald Parure.
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: None of which is listed in the 1896
: Inventory of her Jewels, which indicates
: that it must have been dispersed of to one
: of her relations prior to that occasion.
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: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/407371/queen-victoria-1819-1901
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: Does anyone have a picture of the tiara
: being worn at the State Opening of
: Parliament in the 1960s, to see whether or
: not they are also wearing this very
: impressive necklace as well.
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