Re: emerald girdle - too small (grin)Archived Message
Posted by GillW on May 16, 2014, 5:00 am, in reply to "Re: emerald girdle"
There have been some very large waists in the royal family....Queen Victoria reached 50 inches or 127 centimetres, so this would have been far too small for her to wear at a mere 83.5 cm!!
--Previous Message-- : : The piece has appeared in books from the : Royal Collection with different : descriptions. : At 83.5 cm long that is a large belt. : : --Previous Message-- : If you read it carefully it says that the : current setting is as a belt and that the : stones were previously used on his horses' : harness - which I take to mean in a : different setting. : : --Previous Message-- : I did not realize it was intended to be a : horse harness. What a pity because it looks : a nice jewel piece that could possibly be : altered into a wearable piece, but I guess : not after reading the link and your comment. : Thank you for the link to this jewel : piece, Nellie! : : --Previous Message-- : : The item is described in the Royal : Collection - : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/11291/emerald-girdle-of-maharajah-sher-singh : : It 83.5 cm long and was part of harness for : a horse. : : I don't think it very likely the piece will : be broken up for wearing by a royal lady. : : --Previous Message-- : Recently, I borrowed a Suzy Menkes book from : the local public library. I noticed a : picture of a piece of jewel on page 47 (in : that book being published in 1985 under the : title of "The Royal Jewels"). This : piece of jewel as mentioned in the book is : labeled as "Fabulous Indian emeralds in : a girdle once owned by Maharajah Ranjit : Singh. It is in the Queen's possession : today." The picture shows a long : rectangle set in gold surrounded by tiny : pearls and perhaps tiny diamonds with : alternating emeralds from one end to : another. I don't think the Queen ever is : pictured wearing it, isn't she? I was : thinking it was a nice piece of jewels that : could be altered into something a royal : family member could easily wear in public. : For example, shorten it into a bracelet. : There are some other jewel pieces shown in : the pictures in the book which I do not : think anyone in the Royal Family ever wore : in the last 100 years. : : : : : : : :
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