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    Posted by Boffer on June 29, 2012, 8:15 am, in reply to "10,000 diamonds go on display at Buckingham Palace to mark the Jubilee "

    It appears that there are in reality not that many jewels on display in this exhibition, at least not compared to those included in the Roberts publication.

    The microsite is now online as it appears that the whole exhibition consists of:

    - The Diamond Diadem
    - George IV's Diamond-Hilted Sword
    - Queen Victoria's Small Diamond Crown
    - Queen Victoria's Fringe Brooch
    - The Coronation Necklace
    - The Coronation Earrings
    - Queen Alexandra's Kokoshnik Tiara
    - Queen Alexandra's Coronation Fan
    - The Jaipur Sword and Scabbard
    - The Cullinan III and IV Brooch
    - The Cullinan V Brooch
    - The Cullinan VIII and VI Brooch
    - The Delhi Durbar Necklace and Cullinan VII Pendant
    - The Cullinan IX Ring
    - Queen Mary's Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
    - Frederick the Great's Diamond Snuff Box
    - The Delhi Durbar Tiara
    - The Greville Chandelier Earrings
    - The Greville Peardrop Earrings
    - The Queen's South African Diamond Necklace and Bracelet
    - The Queen's Williamson Diamond Brooch

    http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/summer-opening-of-buckingham-palace-diamonds-a-jubilee-celebration

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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.
    :
    : 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.
    :
    : www.royalcollection.org.uk
    :
    :
    : source:
    : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/press-release/10000-diamonds-go-on-display-at-buckingham-palace-to-mark-the-jubilee
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