Re: Nizam of Hyderabad diamond necklace Archived Message
Posted by Laurence  on October 4, 2012, 7:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Nizam of Hyderabad diamond necklace"
It also appears the the tiara in the picture is the one made from the drops removed from the necklace. I assume this Greville lady is related to Mrs. Greville. If that is the case I wonder if the tiara ended up with her, and was left by her to the Queen Mother.
Laurence
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: I have just managed to dig out my detailed
: notes on this piece from my macbook:
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: The Queen's Nizam of Hyderabad Necklace
:
: This “diamond foliate” necklace,[1] was
: made by Cartier in 1935, when it entered
: Cartier’s stock; however at this time the
: necklace was arrange differently “with a
: central pendant of three drops flanked by
: two pendants of two drops”,[2] this
: original configuration can be seen
: illustrated in the image from the Cartier
: Photo Archive, published in Roberts.[3]
:
: After a year of remaining in Cartier’s
: stock, his necklace was modified into it’s
: present form, with nine of the drops being
: removed to form a separate head ornament,
: subsequently the necklace was sold in July
: 1936.[4]
:
: However by May 1937, this necklace was
: repurchased by Cartier,[5] and thus
: remained in stock until it was purchased in
: 1947, and presented to The Queen as a
: wedding present by the Nizam of
: Hyderabad.[6]
:
: The necklace is described by Roberts as
: consisting of a “pavé-set set centre with
: detachable double-drop pendant incorporating
: 13 emerald-cut diamonds and a pear-shaped
: drop; the chain of 38 brilliant-cut
: open-back collets with an elongated oval
: brilliant-set snap”.[7]
:
: It has been suggested that, despite being
: purchased by the Nizam of Hyderabad, it was
: The Queen herself who selected this necklace
: and ‘The Queen’s Nizam of Hyderabad Tiara’
: as wedding gifts, from Cartier’s stock.[8]
:
: This necklace was exhibited along side
: the rest of The Queen’s wedding presents at
: St. James’s Palace in 1947, and is described
: in the catalogue simply as “a Diamond
: Necklace”.[9]
:
: Roberts asserts that when purchased, the
: back-chain consisted if 46 collets, however
: this was shortened to the present 38 collets
: to suit The Queen,[10] it is in this form
: that it has been worn occasionally by The
: Queen.[11]
:
: Notes
: 1. Roberts, Five Gold Rings, p. 101
: 2. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282
: 3. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282;
: Cartier Archive, E.369; Cartier Photo
: Archive, A.9924
: 4. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282
: 5. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282;
: Cartier Archive, F.3392; Cartier Photo
: Archive, A.11855
: 6. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282;
: Cartier Archive, 8 January 1948
: 7. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282
: 8. Ibid., p. 282
: 9. Marriage of HRH The Princess Elizabeth
: and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, no. 1331,
: p. 126
: 10. Roberts, The Queen Diamonds, p. 282
: 11. Young, The Queen’s Jewellery, pls. 36,
: 38 and 59; Menkes, The Royal Jewels, p. 145;
: Field, The Queen’s Jewels, p. 143; Roberts,
: The Queen Diamonds, p. 285
: Royal Collection: Her Majesty The Queen,
: 1952 (RCIN 2999871)
:
: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2999871/her-majesty-the-queen-1952
: [Accessed 15 June 2012]
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Hugh Robert's states in The Queen's
: Diamonds,
: that the necklace was originally made with
: many additional pendants. It was then
: altered, to it's present form.
:
: It was sold in the mid 1930s, pictorial
: evidence would suggest to the Countess of
: Warwick. Before it later returned to Cartier
: stock.
:
: It was from Cartier stock in 1947 that it
: was purchased by the Nizam of Hyderabad and
: presented as a wedding gift to the Queen -
: contemporary reports suggest that The Queen
: herself (as Princess Elizabeth) chose both
: the necklace and tiara herself, as the Nizam
: couldn't attend the wedding, he simply
: settled the account. Although of course, the
: exact details of the gift have never and
: probably will never be made public.
:
: I am sorry I cannot be more precise with my
: dates and sources (my copy of the Queen's
: Diamonds is in England and I am currently in
: Australia) as such, most of what I have said
: comes from memory.
:
: However, based on this, I believe it is safe
: to assume that it is the same necklace.
: Either the Countess of Warwick was the brief
: owner, or she simply borrowed it from
: Cartier for this photo-shoot, I am sure the
: bill from the original sale in the Cartier
: Archives would be able to prove this.
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: Countess of Warick pictured, Circa. 1930's
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: HM The Queen pictured, Circa. 1950's
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: The question being is this the same
: necklace, as opposed to just being one of
: the same design. I am likely to believe it
: is the actual necklace now owned by the
: Queen as I don't recall having ever heard of
: this design being re-produced.
:
: If so, it would mean that the Nizam must
: have acquired it at auction or through
: personal transaction with the Greville's.
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: Thoughts?
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