Re: Queen Mary - fringes and the NZ connection Archived Message
Posted by Martina  on March 10, 2013, 9:55 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary - fringes and the NZ connection"
Well, I do believe that HM made a point of wearing the New Zealand fern brooch (the silver fern is a national symbol of NZ). And the double fringe combinations fits just great with this brooch, imho.
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: I do believe that the Queen has made a point
: of being photographed wearing certain jewels
: that reachd her only after the death of the
: Queen Mother, particularly pieces that are
: heirlooms of the crown.
: The Hanoverian fringe, or Queen Adelaide’s
: Fringe Necklace as it should now be known
: since the QD, is an heirloom of the crown,
: so an official portrait occasion would have
: been ideal to bring it out.
: If so, then it would be the necklace in the
: NZ portrait - but how to prove that and that
: the necklace is not the London is the
: challenge.
: Edit: I opt for the necklace being Queen
: Adelaide's.
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: In the trio here, the London necklace is the
: first and the other two are Queen Mary's.
: The bottom two are Queen Adelaide's.
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: Ah! I recall that I identified the NZ as
: Queen Mary’s tiara and the London necklace -
: but maybe the details provided were right
: afterall, or almost.
: Link to the jewllery descriptions - link
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: I now think the descriptions were swapped.
: The tiara is her wedding tiara, Queen
: Mary's, and the necklace could indeed be the
: Hanoverian fringe.
: The official portrait for NZ was discussed
: before here
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: I will put together some of my pics for
: comparison.
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