Re: QM's Kapurthala Stomacher and Swansea Crescent Brooch Archived Message
Posted by Alejandro E. on May 5, 2012, 11:34 am, in reply to "Re: QM's Kapurthala Stomacher and Swansea Crescent Brooch"
What was the Kapurhtala stomacher? Regards and thanks in advance! --Previous Message-- : From the DM article: : : "Queen Mary was always dreaming up new : uses for her diamonds. Nearly 30 years after : her wedding, she merged two wedding presents : – a £170 diamond brooch from the people of : Swansea and another from the Maharaja of : Kapurthla – into what is now known as Queen : Mary’s Stomacher." : : Our suspicions have been confirmed! : : --Previous Message-- : Released to the press from the upcoming : publication released this week are some : stunning images of the jewels. : : It has also been revealed that Angela Kelly : played a key role in the upcoming : publication in her capacity as 'Curator of : the Queen's Jewellery'. And that over 100 : pieces will be featured in the new : publication. : : Including: : The Greville Tiara : : : The Girls of Great Britain Tiara : : : Queen Mary's Stomacher : : : The Flame Lilly Brooch : : : The Lover's Knot Brooch : : : The Williamson Brooch : : : The Delhi Durbar Necklace : : : The Nizam of Hyderbad Necklace : : : The Emperor of Austria Brooch : : ( Previously known to us as the 'Teck : Corsage Brooch', I am sure more information : about the previously unknown provenance of : this piece will be revealed. ) : : The Maple Leaf Brooch : : : The Vladimir Tiara : : : The Nizam of Hyderbad Flower Brooches : : : Also to be included will be the King Khalid : Necklace , which was presented to the Queen : during a visit to Saudi Arabia in 1979. : : The press release also contained additional : information on the Queen Victoria Fringe : Brooch : : (Taken from the Daily Mail: : Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch, a stunning : flower-cum-jellyfish which resulted from a : visit by Sultan Abdul Mejid I of Turkey in : 1856. Wanting to thank the Monarch for : Britain’s role in the Crimean War, he gave : her a set of diamonds — ‘very magnificent,’ : she wrote. : Victoria then spent £450 at the royal : jewellers, Garrard, who set the stones in a : rather racy chaine de corsage which she : liked to wear on top of a low-cut bodice, : bringing added sparkle to the royal : embonpoint. : All that changed with the death of Prince : Albert in 1861. ‘The chaine de corsage may : have been considered too flamboyant by the : Queen for her widowed and withdrawn state,’ : notes Sir Hugh. So, some of the diamonds : were detached for use elsewhere while the : rest of the chaine became a brooch, passed : down through the generations. : The Queen Mother wore it at the Coronation : in 1953. The Queen continues to wear it to : this day. It enjoyed a prominent outing only : last year for the state banquet in honour of : the President of Turkey, a regal nod to the : Sultan’s generosity more than 150 years : earlier. ) : : : : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139837/The-Queens-bling-bling-jubilee-Priceless-tiaras-necklaces-brooches-The-ultimate-diamond-collection-revealed-time.html : : : : : : : : :
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