From the Library of Congress Collection........Archived Message
Posted by Dawn on September 9, 2012, 3:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary"
First of all, I was not able to find more information through the Library of Congress newspaper collection about the Ladies of England and County of Surrey necklace/tiaras.
However, I found some other related information.
Firstly, about the then-Duchess of York's wedding gifts, here's the information:
[source: "The Evening World" (NYC, NY) dated July 6, 1893]
***from the Duke of York, the bride received a open-petalled rose in pearls and diamonds as well as a five-row pearl necklace to match.
***from the Duke and Duchess of Teck, the bride got a tiara, a necklet and a brooch of turquoises and diamonds.
***from the Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra), the bride received jewelry and precious stones worth $1,250,000 (in that year's value....not today's). Unfortunately, the newspaper did not specifically identify any jewel item from this gift.
Secondly, from this source 'The Anaconda Standard' [Anaconda, Montana] dated July 9th, 1893, the bride received from the city of London these two items:
***a diamond bracelet worth 900 pounds (English money) and a silver dinner service worth 1,600 pounds (English money).
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Now with a focus on guests who attended the Devonshire House Ball on July 2nd, 1897 (from this source of "New York Tribune" [NYC] dated July 3rd, 1897):
**The Duke of Devonshire (host) **The Duchess of Devonshire (hostess)
**The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) **The Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra) **The Duke of York (later King George V) **The Duchess of York (later Queen Mary) **The Duke of Connaught **The Duchess of Connaught **Prince Charles of Denmark **Prince Christian (of Schleswig-Holstein, I assume) **Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein **Colonel Hay (U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain) **Mrs. Hay **Lord Roseberry **Arthur Balfour **Mr. Asquith **Sir Horace Farquhar **The Countess of Warwick (as a lady of the Marie Antionette period) **Lady Tweedmouth (in an Elizabethan costume) **The Duke of Marlborough **The Duchess of Marlborough (dressed in white with emeralds and diamonds in the period of Louis XV) **The Duchess of Portland (clothed in the period of Louis XIII) **Lady William Beresford **Mrs. George Curzon **Mrs. Ogden Goelet (in white with diamond crescent and diamond stars) **Lord Charles Montague **Lord Crewe **Lord Stanley **Lady Mar **Lady St. Osborne **Lady de Grey **The Marquess San Vito **Lord Latham **The Marquise Hautpoul **Lady Cynthia Graham **Mrs. Rothschild **Comte de Mensdorf **The Earl of Durham (dressed as King Philip of Spain)
Absent from this party were:
**Families of Lord Chesham and the Duke of Westminster because of the accidental (with a pony) death of 9-year-old daughter of Lord Chesham.
Note: if anyone is curious about Lord Chesham's daughter's death, see this link further down under Lord Chesham's name.....he himself also died in the riding accident in 1907: http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersC3.htm
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) was dressed as Knight Hospitaller of Malta in black velvet with Maltese Crosses in white satin on his cloak and a satin brocade doublet. Velvet trunks slashed with black satin and high crowned hat with a large Maltese cross in diamonds in front and white ostrich plumes at the back. Around the hat was a silver chain. He also wore high boots which matched his costume.
--Previous Message-- : Boffer, : : Thank you for these details. I will look up : in the Library of Congress newspaper : collection to see if there was any mention : of either wedding gift the future Queen Mary : got in 1893. I am curious if it could come : up with details regarding the Devonshire : House Ball. : : So Queen Mary was the only person in the : Royal Family to have used both : necklace/tiaras, then, and that those items : were completely dismantled long before the : end of reign of her husband. : : --Previous Message-- : Both 'Queen Mary's Ladies of England : Necklace/Tiara' and 'Queen Mary's County of : Surrey Necklace/Tiara' have been dismantled. : : Here are highly detailed and referenced : notes in regards to each of these pieces. : : Queen Mary’s Ladies of England : Necklace/Tiara : : This jewel was a wedding gift to Queen : Mary in 1893 from “650 Ladies of : England”,[1] and was made in Hunt and : Roskell.[2] It was described in The Times, : as a “pearl and diamond ornament … made up : of scrolls wrought in diamonds over : fleur-de-lis in larger stones. From each : group hangs a drop-pearl, that falling from : the centre cluster being fully an inch in : length”.[3] It was exhibited at the : Imperial Institute among some of her other : wedding gifts, as photographed in The : Graphic.[4] It was presented to Queen Mary : on 24 June 1893, at 19, Ennismore Gardens by : “the Ladies’ Committee”.[5] : : It was designed to be worn both as a : tiara,[6] as a necklace,[7] and as a : bandeau to trim the corsage of a gown, as it : was worn to the Devonshire House Ball in : 1897;[8] and it could also be detached “so : as to be converted into several smaller : ornaments”.[9] It was featured in Volume I : of Queen Mary’s Photographic jewellery : inventory,[10] and Queen Mary also kept a : record of all the 650 ladies who had : subscribed to the gift in a special : presentation volume.[11] : : Queen Mary wrote to Lady Elizabeth : Biddulph in June 1893, asking her to “accept : and convey to the ladies of England my : grateful thanks for the very beautiful : necklace”.[12] She also wrote a letter to : Lady Eva Greville in July of that year, in : which she described the tiara as one of her : “most valued wedding gifts as a precious : proof of your good will and affection”.[13] : : However, by 1913 the decision was taken : to dismantle this tiara. “12 pearl drops” : from this tiara,[14] and the majority of : the diamonds were used to create ‘Queen : Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara’.[15] With the : remaining “33 brilliants and 3 rose : diamonds” being used to create ‘Queen Mary’s : Greek Tiara’.[16] : : NOTES : 1. Bow Bells, 7 July 1893, p. 32 : 2. Hugh Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, : (London: Royal Collection Publications, : 2012), p. 182 : 3. The Times, 24 June 1893, p. 14 : 4. The Graphic, 15 July 1893, p. 88 : 5. The Times, 28 June 1893, p. 10 : 6. Suzy Menkes, The Royal Jewels, (London: : Grafton Books, 1985), p. 65; James : Pope-Hennessy, Queen Mary, (London: George : Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1959), pl. 21 : 7. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 146 : (RCIN 2808111) : 8. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 138 : (RCIN 4926140) : 9. The Times, 24 June 1893, p. 14 : 10. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 113; : RA QM/PRIV/CC93, pl. 1, no. 6 : 11. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 182; : RA QM/PRIV/CC64 : 12. The Times, 28 June 1893, p. 10 : 13. The Times, 10 July 1893, p. 6 : 14. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 182 : 15. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 182; : GA Garrard RL3, fol. 94, 23 January 1914 : 16. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 164; : GA Garrard RL3, fol. 95, 21 April 1914 : : : Queen Mary's County of Surrey : Necklace/Tiara : : This tiara was a wedding-gift to Queen : Mary in 1893 from the County of Surrey, and : was presented to her by the Earl of : Lovelace, in his capacity as Lord-Lieutenant : of the county. It was described in The Times : as being a tiara “composed entirely of : brilliants of large size and … convertible : at will into a necklace”.[1] : : It was illustrated among her wedding : gifts in the Illustrated London News,[2] : and was exhibited at the Imperial Institute : among the three tiaras that featured in the : exhibition of the wedding-gifts TRHs had : received; a photograph from this exhibition : featured in The Graphic.[3] This tiara also : features in Queen Mary’s photographic : jewellery inventory.[4] : : This piece was photographed being worn as : a necklace, along with ‘Queen Mary’s : Boucheron Loop Tiara’,[5] by W & D : Downey, to mark the visit of the then Prince : and Princess of Wales to India between 1905 : and 1906.[6] It was also photographed being : worn as a tiara by Queen Mary with ‘Queen : Mary’s Kapurthala Stomacher’.[7] : : It was dismantled in 1913, with the : biggest “13 large brilliants” being used : “furnish tops to [Queen Mary's] Girls of : Great Britain [and Ireland] Tiara in place : of pearls”, for the cost of £34.[8] : : The rest of the stones were used to : create a new “Greek honeysuckle pattern : Tiara”, ‘Queen Mary’s Greek Tiara’.[9] : : NOTES : : 1. The Times, 23 June 1893, p. 10 : 2. Illustrated London News, 6 July 1893 : 3. The Graphic, 15 July 1893, p. 88 : 4. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 139; : RA QM/PRIV/CC93, pl. 5a, no. 1. : 5. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 156 : (RCIN 2808148); Geoffrey Munn, Tiaras: A : History of Splendor, (Woodbridge: Antique : Collectors’ Club, 2001), pl. 109. : 6. Munn, Tiaras, pl. 110 : 7. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 194 : (Note: This picture shows the tiara being : worn in the base of the ‘Girls and Great : Britain Tiara’). : 8. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 136, : GA Garrard RL3, fol. 95, 21 April 1914; : 9. RA JEWEL/GARRARD/QM, fol. 80, no. 2. : 10. Roberts, The Queen’s Diamonds, p. 164; : GA Garrard RL3, fol. 95, 21 April 1914 : : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you, Nellie! And those two : tiara/necklaces aren't here anymore, is that : correct? If so, did that happen before the : end of reign of King George V or the end of : reign of his son King George VI? Please : refresh my memory about that. : : It would be nice to see these two : tiara/necklaces in pictures in color : (instead of black and white). : : --Previous Message-- : : In your first pic I believe that would be : the Ladies of England tiara/necklace. : In your last, the Surrey tiara/necklace. : : : : : : : : : : :
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