Thanks again Boffer. Field does have a number of pics of the Queen wearing these earrings. The pendant pearls could be from Queen Charlotte's time. The pic mismatch shows a "pin" right through each pendant pearl which is why I said the pics were a mismatch but that does not mean that Queen Victoria did not have others, of course.
--Previous Message-- : : I believe you are referring to the Duchess : of Gloucester's Pearl Earrings. : : Which the Duchess of Teck sometimes wore, : simply as pendant pearls suspended from the : diamond and pearl cluster stud (without the : scrolling frame). However, these are now : worn by The Queen with the scrolling frame - : and the pendant pearls are smaller than : these large ones which the Queen wore today. : : It is important to note that Queen Mary and : Queen Alexandra never wore, nor had a : fondness for pendant earrings, thus beyond : the ones they may have inherited, they never : acquired anymore. : : Crucially, the reason which means I have no : doubts as to these earrings worn today by : the Queen, as belonging to Queen Victoria is : the fact that they were worn by the Queen in : 1952. : : Beyond the jewels that she was given as : wedding presents, the only other jewels that : the young Queen had access to were those : "heirlooms of the crown" - as : Queen Mary was still alive. : : I see no reason to doubt that these earrings : are very old and could date to Queen : Victoria or even before, they could have : been among the jewels that Queen Adelaide : passed to Victoria in 1837, or indeed could : have been amongst Queen Charlotte's jewels : which were not returned to Hanover (as the : majority of the jewels which were included : in the Hanoverian Claim concerned Queen : Charlotte's diamonds). : : : --Previous Message-- : : Thanks Boffer. : I looked at Field and believe she has a : mismatch of pics so I don't thnk the : earrings were Queen Victoria's. : More likely Queen Mary's - part of some we : discussed fairly recently, and which I can't : find. : : --Previous Message-- : The earring worn by the Queen are large : pendant pearl earrings, suspended from two : diamond collets - Field has referred to : these as 'Queen Victoria's Pearl Earrings. : : These earrings have been worn often by the : Queen, including during the State Banquet : hosted in honour of President Barrack Obama. : And notably, in respect to this occasion, : they were worn by the Queen to her first : State Opening of Parliament as Queen in : 1952. : : Interestingly as well, is that the Duchess : of Cornwall wears the same rose brooch : attaching her sash, as she did in Amsterdam. : : This rose brooch was first given to Queen : Mary as a wedding gift in 1893, from the : West Yorkshire Regiment. In 1923, Queen Mary : presented this rose brooch to Queen : Elizabeth, The Queen Mother as a wedding : gift. : : It is now being worn by the Duchess of : Cornwall. : : --Previous Message-- : : I had forgotten that the Crown Jeweller : attends, to keep an eye on the crown and : regalia. : : And I am trying to identify the earrings : worn by the Queen with those stunning drop : pearls. : : : --Previous Message-- : You can watch it live on this: : : : : : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22441280 : : : --Previous Message-- : : This one? Couldn't resist it. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Today we get to see the Imperial Crown in : action! It always surprises me how bigger it : looks when being worn than when on display : at the Tower of London. : : : : : : : : : : : :
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