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    Posted by Boris on June 29, 2012, 7:33 am, in reply to "Re: 10,000 diamonds go on display at Buckingham Palace to mark the Jubilee "

    Thank you Gert-Jan for posting these great photos.
    So there it is in full view: The Delhi Durbar tiara in its definitely undisputable circlet form.
    (And with its unfortunate 'empty' top center nicely invisible from these angles...)


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    : 10,000 diamonds go on display at Buckingham
    : Palace to mark the Jubilee
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    : More than 10,000 diamonds set in works
    : acquired by six monarchs over three
    : centuries go on display at Buckingham Palace
    : to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 60-year
    : reign. The special exhibition Diamonds: A
    : Jubilee Celebration (30 June – 8 July &
    : 31 July – 7 October) includes a number of
    : The Queen’s personal jewels and works from
    : the Royal Collection chosen for their
    : artistic significance and their historic
    : importance, and for the supreme skill in
    : diamond cutting and mounting they embody.
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    : Several pieces of jewellery, such as the
    : Delhi Durbar Tiara, Queen Victoria’s Fringe
    : Brooch and the Kokoshnik Tiara, are on
    : display for the first time. The exhibition
    : also includes jewellery made from the
    : world’s largest diamond, the Cullinan
    : Diamond, which weighed 3,106 carats as an
    : uncut stone. Pieces containing seven of the
    : nine principal stones cut from the Cullinan
    : Diamond are reunited for the first time.
    : They include the Cullinan III and IV Brooch,
    : worn by The Queen for the National Service
    : of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty’s Diamond
    : Jubilee, at St Paul’s Cathedral, on 5 June
    : 2012.
    :
    : Diamond, the hardest natural material known,
    : has for centuries carried associations of
    : endurance and longevity. These qualities,
    : allied to the purity, magnificence and value
    : of the stones, have led rulers to deploy
    : diamonds in regalia, jewellery and precious
    : objects. Individual diamonds have achieved
    : great renown, passing down the generations
    : and between enemies or allies as potent
    : symbols of sovereignty and as precious
    : gifts. Many of these extraordinary stones
    : have undergone a number of transformations
    : during their history, having been re-cut or
    : incorporated into new settings as fashions
    : and tastes
    : have changed.
    :
    : The exhibition includes several pieces
    : commissioned by Queen Victoria, the only
    : other monarch to celebrate a Diamond
    : Jubilee. They include the magnificent
    : Coronation Necklace created for her and
    : subsequently worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen
    : Mary, Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) and
    : Her Majesty The Queen at their coronations.
    : Also on display is the beautiful miniature
    : crown worn by Queen Victoria for her
    : official Diamond Jubilee portrait in 1897.
    : The crown’s 1,187 diamonds give it a
    : grandeur that belies its tiny proportions –
    : it measures just 9 x 10cm.
    :
    : During The Queen’s reign, diamonds acquired
    : by previous monarchs have continued to play
    : an important role on State and ceremonial
    : occasions. The Diamond Diadem, made for the
    : famously extravagant coronation of George IV
    : in 1821, has been worn by The Queen to and
    : from theState Opening of Parliament since
    : the first of her reign. Set with 1,333
    : brilliant-cut diamonds, it is one of Her
    : Majesty’s most widely recognised pieces of
    : jewellery, appearing on British and
    : Commonwealth stamps and also on certain
    : issues of banknotes and coinage.
    :
    : Among items of The Queen’s personal
    : jewellery are a number of pieces marking
    : important events in Her Majesty’s life. The
    : South Africa Necklace was presented to the
    : then Princess Elizabeth on her 21st birthday
    : in 1947. The Williamson Brooch incorporates
    : at its centre what is considered to be the
    : finest pink diamond ever discovered. The
    : diamond was found in Tanzania in 1947 by the
    : Canadian geologist Dr JT Williamson, who
    : gave the uncut stone to Princess Elizabeth
    : for her wedding in November that year.
    :
    : The exhibition also includes historic
    : objects that show the skill and ingenuity
    : with which diamonds have been used in
    : different cultures and traditions. They
    : include the exquisite 18th-century
    : bloodstone box made for King Frederick the
    : Great of Prussia. The box incorporates
    : nearly 3,000 diamonds arranged pictorially
    : to represent flowers, insects and musical
    : instruments. The Jaipur Sword was presented
    : to King Edward VII for his coronation in
    : 1902 by the Maharajah of Jaipur. It is set
    : with 719 diamonds, weighing a total of 2,000
    : carats.
    :
    : Exhibition curator Caroline de Guitaut said,
    : ‘The exhibition shows how over the past
    : three centuries monarchs have used diamonds
    : to display magnificence, whether in personal
    : adornment or as a statement of power. Each
    : piece demonstrates breathtaking workmanship
    : and extraordinary ingenuity in design.
    : Diamonds have of course long been associated
    : with endurance and longevity, so this is a
    : very fitting way to mark Her Majesty’s 60
    : years on the throne.’
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    : For further information and photographs,
    : please contact the Royal Collection Press
    : Office, +44 (0)20 7839 1377,
    : press@royalcollection.org.uk. A selection
    : of images is also available from
    : www.picselect.com.
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    : www.royalcollection.org.uk
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    : source:
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    : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/press-release/10000-diamonds-go-on-display-at-buckingham-palace-to-mark-the-jubilee
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