Posted by Lennick on February 2, 2014, 11:30 am, in reply to "Re: closeups"
Thank you for the close-ups Tamara, what a wonderful brooch.
I must say, it comes to something when a piece that has sat unseen in the vaults for decades makes an appearance and people complain it was worn at the wrong event! Can't we just enjoy the fact that it was worn at all?
--Previous Message-- : I am just thrilled to see that Queen Maxima is : digging through vaults and bringing out : these jewels out...so the fact that she wore : it yesterday, its fine with me LOL... : : We are very lucky that the new Queen loves : the jewels and her motto is bigger the : better...which is again fine with me..and : this gives us hope that other massive size : jewels will see the light in a very very : long time : : ok John..here are the few closeups... : : : : This is the best and clearest closeup of the : brooch..too bad the event wasn't held during : the day because daylight photos would have : been perfect : : : I just wanted to post this cropped image to : show how massive this brooch is in : comparison to Queen Maxima's hand. : :