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    Re: QD - what's in a name? Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on July 12, 2012, 7:05 am, in reply to "QD - what's in a name?"


    I can't see your pic but p134 of Field is wrong in 1987 - Warwick Sun Brooch - and changed in 1997 - Surrey Brooch - and finally the QD calls it Queen Mary's Richmond brooch.

    Queen Mary wore it suspended from the pearl necklaces for the Devonshire House Ball.



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    --Previous Message--
    : On page 134 of Field, the "Warwick Sun
    : Brooch" is shown in a drawing. The
    : brooch was a wedding present from the family
    : of the Earl of Warwick to Princess Victoria
    : Mary. A photograph from the 1897 Devonshire
    : Ball is provided to show that Queen Mary
    : wore it. A photograph of Queen Elizabeth II
    : at the opening of the New South Wales
    : Parliament in 1953 is provided and
    : referenced as the only time she wore it to
    : date. Both photos are small and the brooch
    : is indistinct. I have found other views of
    : this event.
    :
    : Drawing from Field
    :
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