--Previous Message-- : I am afraid that I don't know an Andrew : Gibbes. : : --Previous Message-- : My what a quick reply. Many thanks. Look : forward to what you can find about it. : : Silly question, might you know an Andrew : Gibbes, grandson of Sidney Gibbs, English : tutor to Alexei, Tsarvitch? : : --Previous Message-- : I really don't know about that one. I will : cross refernce with the 1909 Inventory, but : believe that the pearl/rope brooch was a : private jewel and the inventory I have is of : jewels from rthe Treasury in the possession : of the Dowager Empress and updated after : 1914, possibly at the time of the : Revolution. I will see what my various : resources have to say about the pearl : brooch.Somewhere in the corners of my mind : is a detail, or a photo, that seems : relevant, but I can't quite remember. When : I do, i will post something. : : : --Previous Message-- : Dear Dmitry, : I have read your list of jewels sold in : 1928, the The Dowager Tsarina. : I note that Mary Princess Royal bought a : piece, also Lady Lascelles. : : Three pieces were purchased by Q ueen Mary. : 1. the pearl c hoker with sapphire clasp - : worn by QEII : 2 sapphire brooch with peatl drop - worn by : QEII : : But I donot know anything of no. 44 : described thus - brooch with large round : pearl surrounded : by diamond rope. : Mightt you know something of this piece : please, who has it and where it is now? : : : : : : : : :
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