The anchor brooch Archived Message
Posted by Jos on December 28, 2012, 9:02 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Beatrix' 2012 brooche for Christmas"
Very thoughtful indeed. It underlines the fact that jewels tell stories... Back to the anchor brooch. Thank you Steven for the wonderful close-up. I never noticed that one of the big stones is not a blue sapphire. A yellow one perhaps? My guess is that this is the same brooch as Queen Emma wore in her early years, see picture (by De Josselin de Jong?). Queen Juliana wore it at the return banquet during her state visit to Great Britain in 1972. --Previous Message-- : Ow... that was very thoughtful of the Queen, : to wear that particular broche.... very : touching also. : : : : :
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