Queen Mother and amethysts Archived Message
Posted by Baxter on October 23, 2012, 9:56 pm, in reply to "Re: New necklace for the Duchess of Cornwall"
--Previous Message-- : Interesting history, but it's too bad the : Queen Mother sold Queen Mary's parure and : kept this necklace. It could be improved by : using the heart shaped amethyst as a brooch : and keeping the necklace simple. In a thread a couple of years ago, I inquired if anyone had proof that it was the Queen Mother who sold Queen Mary's amethyst parure. Other than "cocktail party gossip" not one poster was able to produce any source that said the Queen Mother ever owned the jewels. Neither Young, Menkes, Field, Munn, nor any other reputable publication has mentioned it. Also since none of the parure has ever been seen on the QM, it seems this is one of those rumors that gets repeated enough on the boards until it becomes accepted as fact. In the thread it was pointed out that the auction catalog listed the provenance as "By Tradition from the Collection of a Royal Family." I'm sorry I don't remember who, but a poster had a friend at one of the major auction houses who stated that this phrase is used for an item which at one time belonged to royalty but is being sold by someone who is not royal. Interestingly, the Cambridge sapphire tiara/necklace was sold by the Kents around the same time with the same auction house, and its provenance simply stated that it was from a private collection. It is certainly possible that Queen Mary left the parure to someone outside the Royal Family. She was very close to her niece, the Duchess of Beaufort, who died a couple of years prior to the parure's auction. However, that is of course complete speculation on my part.
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