Re: Queen Elizabeth II' s Aquamarine and diamonds brooches (inventory with pics) Archived Message
Posted by Arthur  on July 17, 2014, 2:20 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Elizabeth II' s Aquamarine and diamonds brooches (inventory with pics)"
I have seen the Queen-Mother's Aquamarine Art Déco Brooch (Nr.2 in my list) worn only as brooch and think it was made as such. It is probably a bit large to be used as a clasp (whether for a bracelet or for a choker).
I do not think the cross brooch is made with turquoise. Turquoises often have a more "solid" look, while the blue stones in this brooch seem to be more translucid. We should have a bigger photo to be sure. Does anyone know when and for which occasion this couple of pictures was taken?
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: Great rundown.
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: I reckon 2 is a clasp.
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: Would 8 be turquoise?
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: Hello all!
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: I have quite the same list as Franck, with
: some minor corrections... and an extra
: brooch! Here is my own list, in which the
: jewels are classified by order of date of
: origin (or date of first appearance when the
: date of origin is unknown):
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: 1) Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s
: Curved Aquamarine Clips
:
: In her book The Queen’s Jewels , Leslie
: Field describes them as “ a pair of curved
: diamond and aquamarine clips ”, but gives no
: picture of them in her book.
:
: I am quite sure these must be these clips,
: that Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth wore
: frequently from the 1930s to the 1950s
: (sometimes pinned on her hat), and which
: have been almost never seen since then. We
: can guess that this pair of clips has been
: inherited by the Queen after her mother’s
: death in 2002.
:
: Our fellow poster PJ Kiser has already
: posted a nice view of these clips, worn by
: Queen Elizabeth in Cape Town in 1947:
:
: http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1397126003.html
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: Visiting London during the Blitz (she has
: one of the clips pinned on her hat):
:
: Nellie has already posted a bigger picture
: here:
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: http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1397128368.html
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: In 1954 at Royal Lodge, Windsor, with Prince
: Charles and Princess Anne:
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:
: Our fellow posters Bryce and PJ Kiser have
: already posted other pictures of this photo
: session here:
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: http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1397507075.html
: and here:
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: http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1397625125.html
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: 2) Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s Art
: Déco Brooch
:
: I have no indication about the origin of
: this brooch. Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth wore
: it frequently before and during WW2
: (sometimes in combination with the
: aquamarine clips described above), more
: occasionally during her daughter’s reign.
: Queen Elizabeth II wore this brooch for the
: first (and till now only) time on June 19,
: 2014 at Ascot horse races.
:
: I agree with Bryce that this brooch is
: probably a unique brooch, and not made of
: two clips joined together.
:
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:
: In 1941 at Windsor:
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: In 1975 at Newbury horse races:
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: In 2014 at Ascot:
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: 3) Queen Elizabeth II’s Boucheron
: Aquamarine Clips
:
: This pair of aquamarine and diamond clips
: was given to Queen Elizabeth II (then
: Princess Elizabeth) by her parents in 1944
: as an 18th-birthday present. Leslie Fields
: erroneously attributes them to Cartier, but
: the Royal Collection’s website mentions they
: are from Boucheron. In his book Boucheron -
: Archives secrètes , Vincent Meylan adds that
: these clips had been commissioned in 1934 by
: the Duke of Kent, uncle of Queen Elizabeth
: II. They are among the Queen’s most
: frequently worn brooches.
:
:
:
: Here worn during the recent garden party at
: the palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, on
: July 1, 2014:
:
:
:
: 4) the Aquamarine Brooch from the Brazilian
: Aquamarine Parure
:
: This brooch is described by Field as “ a
: single large aquamarine in a simple diamond
: setting ”. It was presented to the Queen by
: the Brazilian Government in 1958, along with
: a matching bracelet, as a complement to the
: aquamarine and diamond necklace and earrings
: presented in 1953 as a Coronation gift.
:
:
:
: Here worn in June 2013 at the service for
: the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s
: Coronation, at Westminster Abbey:
:
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:
: 5) the “Rochester” Aquamarine Brooch
:
: I have no particular information about this
: brooch that I have seen only once, and never
: in close-up or HQ pictures. It looks as if
: it is made of a central hexagonal
: aquamarine, flanked on each side by diamond
: square motives, with a pendant drop
: (aquamarine? pearl?) hanging from the
: central aquamarine.
:
: I call it the “Rochester” Aquamarine Brooch,
: because the only time it was seen was during
: a visit of the Queen to Rochester, Kent, on
: October 31, 1984.
:
: I guess it is the brooch Nr.7 in Franck’s
: post.
:
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:
:
: 6) the Aquamarine Brooch with Diamond
: Wreath surround
:
: This brooch is described by Leslie Field as
: “ a large square aquamarine set in two
: curved diamond branches ”. I do not know
: anything about the origin of this brooch.
: Franck, I am pretty sure that you have
: counted it twice in your list (as Nr. 3 and
: Nr. 5) (I agree with Bryce: the description
: fits perfectly what can be seen on
: pictures).
:
: I have counted only two outings for this
: brooch: the first one on October 18, 2006,
: during a return reception at the British
: embassy in Riga during the Queen’s State
: visit to Latvia, and the second one on
: October 23, 2013 during a reception at
: Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Diamond
: Jubilee Trust.
:
:
:
: Bryce has posted a better picture of the
: Diamond Jubilee Trust reception.
:
:
: 7) the Rectangular Aquamarine Brooch
:
: The only time we have spotted this brooch is
: during a discussion between the Queen and a
: group of Saint John’s Ambulance Brigade,
: prior to a garden party at Buckingham Palace
: in 2005 or 2006, filmed for the documentary
: Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work .
:
: It looks like a rectangular brooch, with a
: central square aquamarine and unidentified
: lateral elements (diamonds? crystal?), with
: small darker spots visible on the edge of
: the brooch (rubies? onyx?). As far as I
: know, nothing is known about the history of
: this brooch.
:
: Here is another screen capture from the
: documentary:
:
:
:
: 8) the Aquamarine (?) Cross Brooch
:
: I have seen this large cross-shaped brooch
: only once worn by the Queen. My files notes
: indicate the pictures below date back to
: 2006, but I do not know for which occasion
: precisely.
:
: I am even not totally sure the blue stones
: are aquamarines; I have wondered if they
: could be sapphires, but as they are of a
: lighter blue than the Queen's blue coat, I
: incline for aquamarines. Leslie Field also
: writes that the Queen owns “ a filigree
: Maltese cross set with five large sapphires
: and a number of small diamonds ”; but
: although this brooch has indeed five
: coloured stones, the shape is not of a
: Maltese cross...
:
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: 9) Regarding the Aquamarine Brooch worn
: by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on June 4,
: 2013 at a service at Westminster Abbey for
: the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s
: Coronation (the only time she has worn it,
: as far as I know), we have no indication
: that it comes from the Queen-Mother: it is a
: possibility, but it could be a new jewel as
: well, or a gift from the Queen or Prince
: Charles. It could also be an element of the
: aquamarine and diamond set (comprising at
: least a necklace and a bracelet) that
: Camilla has worn a few times since 2009.
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