Re: Greek Royal family turquoise jewels. Two items with British links. Archived Message
Posted by Dmitry on March 31, 2014, 6:19 am, in reply to "Greek Royal family turquoise jewels. Two items with British links."
the image you post was of jewels that were in the Russian Imperial treasury. the tiara was by Faberge. --Previous Message-- : I know that this topic has been discussed : previously. : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1347118030.html : My sincere thanks to Nellie for providing me : with this link. I apologise if I have : overlooked any previous postings. : As other posters have noted, the German : Emperor gave his sister, Princess Sophie, a : turquoise tiara and necklace as a wedding : gift. : The description matches this : http://www.pinterest.com/pin/169729479680827013/ : . If this image was previously posted on : this board, I apologise for not having found : it. : So far I have only seen photos of Princess : Francoise (Christopher) of Greece wearing a : smaller version of the tiara with the bottom : section removed. : Descriptions of Sophie's wedding gifts in : various newspaper in Britain,(for example : see the Daily News, UK, 26 October 1889), : Australia and New Zealand state that the : Princess was also given a turquoise cross of : great value which had originally belonged to : Princess Charlotte of the UK. At some stage : after her death, her husband, Prince : Leopold, gave it to Queen Victoria who gave : it to Victoria, the Princess Royal, later : Empress Frederick, who gave it to her : daughter, Princess Sophie. : Another gift given by Princess Sophie's : mother was described as a large round : turquoise surrounded by diamonds which could : be worn as a brooch or a bracelet. It is : said that this was initially pinned onto the : Princess Royal's christening gown by Prince : Albert. : Would anyone have any additional information : or photos of these two jewels? :
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