About the ruby dog collar, could it be the one in this picture? Considering she's wearing the County of Cornwall bracelet, the coloured stones in the dog collar could be rubies: http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/af/0c/c3/af0cc37d9af6979a92976731f73ae568.jpg I've found this photo just now, and I think I've never seen the aigrette/tiara too. Considering the shape of the darker stones in it, I think they could be black pearls.
--Previous Message-- : Thank you Nellie. I have never seen HM : photographed wearing such a diamond and ruby : item. It makes me wonder just how many : jewels she had which are unknown to us. : --Previous Message-- : : Just rereading this for the use of the word : collar. : I think collar refers to what we know as a : dog collar. : See the entry for dinner at the Foreign : Office. Brings this pic to mind - : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : I have just started to browse through the : book Treasures from the Royal Archives : which arrived in the post today. : : From Queen Mary's dress book, 1911-13 it : states, for Dinner on June 22nd - : : "Pink & silver brocade gown Diamond : comb ruby & diamond collar, large uncut : ruby necklace arranged on bodice with : diamond drop added." : : This might surprise some who believe that : Queen Mary did not like rubies. : : I wonder what that large uncut ruby was. : : For Dinner on the 23rd at the Foreign Office : - : : "Sapphire blue & gold gown Young : ladies pearl & diamond tiara, pearl : collar with Ladies pearl & diamond : necklace under, pearl & diamond : stomacher large round pearl brooch 3 family : orders" : : I think "Young ladies" must mean : Girls, and we now know Queen Mary herself : used the term "stomacher. : : I feel a bit disappointed with the book : because it is such a teaser, providing the : tiniest snippets, as above. Perhaps no more : than that was ever likely, but one wonders : how and why the selections were made. : : : : : : : : : : : :