Posted by Maridje on July 4, 2012, 2:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen in Perth"
on this video : Queen Opens Tay Bridge 1960 "M/S Alastair Cruickshank, the head boy of Perth Academy, presenting the Queen with a brooch of Tay pearls "
--Previous Message-- : We donīt know what the Perth brooch looks : like. : : In the thread referred to below, there is : some discussion about this brooch, with : references to how it was described when the : Queen received it in 1960, but no now can : remember having seen it. : : The amethyst brooch actually pictured in the : thread (worn at Royal Ascot) does not fit : the description of the Perth brooch, but it : has often been identified as such : : --Previous Message-- : I did not realize that this was the Perth : brooch. Thanks. : : --Previous Message-- : The thread: : : : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1340409266.html : : : --Previous Message-- : Oh dear, we discussed it recently and I : cannot : find the thread. : It was in the 1950s when HM opened a bridge : in Perth she was presented with a brooch : said to have Tamar (freshwater pearls) and : diamonds (and I think Amethysts). We have : several descriptions of it but no properly : identified photo of it. : : : : : : :
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