All the evidence points to the diamonds being presented unset. Thank you Laurence for initiating this part of the thread and seeing what I had missed. Edited to say Thank you also Nellie for all the work you have done to clarify this issue. --Previous Message-- : : I believe the "necklace" was : presented unset but laid out in a : configuration for which the chosen diamonds : had been specially cut. : This does not conflict with Roberts in the : QD where he describes the : "configuration" presented. : : To clarify what I mean here, I don't believe : the necklace was ever set with the major : diamonds attached at their middles. : Middles have been assumed by some from the : layout in the presentation case. : : I now feel we have resolved the puzzle of : set or unset. : : : --Previous Message-- : On page 275 Roberts, in The Queen's : Diamonds, : has a photograph of Princess Elizabeth : wearing the necklace in 1948. The diamonds : separating the large brilliants are : definitely set at the top which lends weight : to Laurence's theory that this was the : original setting. : : : : : :