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Posted by Nellie --Previous Message--
on June 29, 2012, 5:54 am, in reply to "Re: British Circlets"
124.170.57.61 | Message modified by user Nellie June 29, 2012, 6:04 am
Thanks for your explanation but I do not think everyone will read your notes the way you intended.
Edit: That is not quite what I mean to convey.
I think you are stretching traditional meanings for jewels.
I don't feel that is beneficial from a research point of view.
it is an extremely personal [i]interpretation[/i] that you use.
i hope that is clearer?
: Nellie,
:
: Yes, 'Queen Victoria's Regal Circlet' also
: contained a varied number of interchangeable
: elements such as cross-pattees,
: fleur-de-lys, and honeysuckle.
: My point was that it was made up using
: diamonds that were taken from Queen
: Adelaide's dismantled circlet, which had in
: turn contained diamonds taken from Queen
: Charlotte's stomacher. And that a new
: circlet was made in order to include the
: Koh-i-Nur diamond.
:
: Th Cumberland Diamond was replaced by the
: large stone, that was amongst the gift of
: many diamonds from the Sultan of Turkey
: following the Crimean War. Although this
: diamond is still set in a cluster, it is
: still a notably large stone - which is
: constantly pointed out in the various
: scholarship.
:
: Yes, all three of the large pieces, 'The
: Diamond Diadem', 'Queen Victoria's Regal
: Circlet' and 'Queen Victoria's Oriental
: Circlet' were designated as heirlooms of the
: Crown by Queen Victoria in 1901. That is why
: I noted how they passed between Queens in
: 1910 and 1936.
:
: I merely included the Crown circlet of Queen
: Mary and Queen Elizabeth to identify that
: they did wear them as circlets frequently.
: This was to clarify to people that if they
: have seen images of Queen Mary or Queen
: Elizabeth wearing a circlet, then it is
: likely to be their own and not Queen
: Victoria's Regal Circlet or another piece.
:
: As for the list of the circlet owned by the
: current Queen, and the inclusion of Queen
: Mary's and Queen Elizabeth's; I included
: these to show all the circlets that are at
: the use of The Queen, and future royal
: women, although I agree it is unlikely that
: The Queen would ever wear these pieces, she
: is in full right to do so, just as she is in
: full right to wear 'Queen Victoria's Small
: Diamond Crown' as they are all her property.
: Despite being housed in the Jewel House of
: the Tower of London, all the aforementioned
: crowns and their circlets are part of the
: Royal Collection thus at The Queen's
: disposal to wear.
:
: I used a whole host of sources, nearly
: everything that has been written including:
:
: Roberts, Bury (Both her article on the
: hanoverian claim for the World Jewellery
: Fair Handbook, and the Appendix of
: Jewellery), Rudoe's article of Queen
: Charlotte's Jewels, Garrard - history of the
: crown jewellers - Munn - Field and Menkes -
: The Times and other contemporary periodicals
: - and more, however I do not have access
: right now to my bibliography to check. 319
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