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    Re: Pearl Parure - correction Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on June 26, 2013, 6:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Pearl Parure - correction"


    That's better. The head ornament is not from the necklace, for sure.

    However, the neck brooch might be from the necklace.

    For her coronation, Queen Alexandra wore pearl clusters all over her collar and I have never been able to establish if they were real or costume.
    They could have been from her necklace (which she did not wear) and, if so, the collar would have had to be stiffened with something akin to industrial starch !!



    --Previous Message--
    : I´ve done a closer look to the picture PJ
    : posted. I might be wrong regarding the
    : headpiece. Looks more like
    : renaissance-style, so it cannot be from the
    : necklace.
    : Sorry.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : I´m at work now , so I can´t check the book.
    : But the side is here:
    :
    :
    : royal-magazin.de/england/queen-alexandra/queen-alexandra-pearls.htm
    :
    : Take the middle pearl of the brooch together
    : with one pendant and the middle oder another
    : of the pearls surrounded with diamonds with
    : pendant from the necklace. If I remember it
    : right, the most camonised pearls of the
    : necklace are detachable.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : They could certainly be part of the
    : necklace.
    : I don't see how the brooch converts, except
    : to remove the drops. Juscha, can you
    : provide the link to Ursula's page?
    :
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