Posted by Nellie on June 25, 2014, 4:21 am, in reply to "Re: 1974 Portrait."
Further, we can't be sure if the artist distorted a jewel anyway.
--Previous Message-- : Turned, zoomed & cropped, this really : looks quite different from the Alexandra : pearl brooch. To me, the middle stone looks : wrong and not centralised, is not large : enough, and the shape is not consistent with : a single large stone with a smaller one each : side. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : In the portrait the Queen clearly wears a : brooch not a necklace. : It could be the central section of Queen : Victoria's Diamond and Pearl necklace but I : have never seen that necklace taken apart. : I would say instead it is Queen Alexandra's : Wedding brooch, as seen yesterday, but worn : vertically with a pearl hanging from the : end. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I was not entirely confident about the : Jubilee brooch. : : : --Previous Message-- : Hmm - can't agree with that, I'm afraid. I : don't think it looks the right shape at all. : It reminds me of something else but I just : can't place it at the moment. : : --Previous Message-- : : If you do a google images search for Norman : Hepple you should find a portrait in which : the Queen wears her Vladimir Tiara with : pearls. : In the gap between the ends of her Boat : Cloak I would suggest HMQ wears the Queen : Alexandra Wedding brooch vertically with a : pearl hanging from the end. : Obviously the Queen didn't really take to : this fabulous brooch and having worn it at : Versailles in 1972 I think something else : was tried. : The portrait's date of 1974 seems to fit : perfectly. : Some might say that the Queen wears the : centre of her Diamond and Pearl Jubilee : necklace in the portrait, but I think not. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Laura is perfectly correct! : : Queen Mary retained ownership of the brooch : and earrings to the parure, the Queen : inherited them in 1953, thus bypassing Queen : Elizabeth completely, which is a little : strange as she wore the necklace almost : continuously throughout her life as Queen : Consort and Queen Mother. : --Previous Message-- : Hi Bryce : : Your picture of Queen Elizabeth the Queen : Mother is not Queen Alexandra's brooch. : Rather it is the turquoise brooch that she : received as a wedding gift. : : Laura : : : : : : : : : : : : :