Posted by Nellie on April 23, 2013, 9:25 pm, in reply to "Re: drops"
I still have some dificulty over the earrings worn here. They could be the earrings Queen Mary had made rather than the tops of the QV earrings.
According to the QD, in 1926 Queen Victoria’s necklace should have 27 collets after two were removed from the original 28 by Queen Mary in 1911 for solitaire earrings and replaced with three, making 27. When I count the major part of the long necklace I think I get 27 collets. The current Queen Victoria or coronation necklace is shown here to compare shapes.
--Previous Message-- : I think you're spot on Nellie....glad you also : think the drops could be Queen Victoria's : collet earrings.....another wonderful : example of Queen Mary's amazing ability to : rework jewelry. : : --Previous Message-- : : Boffer - I need to ask your source for it : being the Duchess of Teck's collet necklace : - because I have now looked more closely at : all the drops. : I put the following proposition as a : reworking of Queen Victoria's diamond : necklace and earrings: : : From the two bows, the lower drop would be : Cullinan III and the higher drop the Lahore : diamond, from Queen Victoria's necklace, or : coronation necklace as now known. : I say the Lahore because there is no : Cullinan of that shape. : : The drops from the cockade sides could be : two-thirds of Queen Victoria's earrings. : Queen Mary's earrings might be the top : third? Queen Mary did not seem to ever wear : long drop earrings. : Edit: For her own coronation she did not : wear the drop earrings. : : So the long necklace could be Queen : Victoria's extended. I came back to this : idea because of the sudden change in size of : the diamonds.