Thanks Arthur. I love this set. One of each gem and a spare. --Previous Message-- : For "not focusing too much on : bracelets..." you managed, yet again, : to put together an excellent post on the : Coloured Cartiers with some lovely pictures : and great information for everyone. : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : Bryce, : : these Art Déco bracelets were bought : separately by the Duke of York (later King : George VI) from Cartier, as gifts for his : wife “ in 1924 and 1925 ” (Field) or “ at : Christmas and on birthdays in 1923 and 1924 : ” (Munn). Leslie Field calls them “ Queen : Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s Quartet of : Bracelets ”, basing herself on a picture : showing four bracelets (one with emeralds, : one with rubies, one with diamonds and one : with sapphires): : : : : Yet, Field is partly wrong, since this : quartet is actually... a quintet! As shown : in Angela Kelly’s book Dressing The Queen : (page 85), there are actually two diamond : bracelets: : : : : These bracelets are visible on the : Queen-Mother’s portraits in the 1920s: : : : : : : : : It was also possible to adapt three : bracelets on a tiara frame (the mounts to : turn them into a bandeau were supplied by : Cartier in 1925). Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth : (then Duchess of York) is pictured in : Geoffrey Munn’s book Tiaras, A History of : Splendour (pages 152-153) wearing the : bracelets as a bandeau during a ballet : performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent : Garden, on 27 June 1933: : : : : : We can also see the Duchess of York with the : bracelets worn as a head bandeau on this : post by our fellow poster Franck: : : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1339343985.html : : Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth has worn the : bracelets before WW2, but I have not seen : her with them in her late years (though I : may be wrong, as I usually do not focus very : much on bracelets...). The Queen-Mother may : have presented the bracelets to her daughter : at some time – I really doubt Queen : Elizabeth II would have asked her mother to : lend her some jewellery, while she had so : many jewels at her own disposal. : : The Queen has been seen with some of these : bracelets in the 1970s, as shown on Bryce’s : picture of the Silver Jubilee’s Royal : Variety Performance. She has also worn one : of the bracelets (the ruby one, I think) in : 1972 in Versailles during her State Visit to : France: : : : : I have also spotted the bracelets (the : emerald and the two diamond ones) on Queen : Elizabeth II’s right arm during the return : dinner offered by Italian President Carlo : Azeglio Ciampi during his State visit to : Britain in 2005: : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Well spotted, Nellie! : : Field mentions that the Queen is wearing the : ruby bracelet and one of the diamond : bracelets. : : Here is a slightly larger and watermark-free : version of the same picture, from the Daily : Mail (full article here: : : : : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2117434/Dame-Edna-Everage-creator-Barry-Humphries-reinvented-comedy-TV-chat-shows.html : ) : : : Caption: A right royal hello: Dame Edna : greets The Queen when she was among the : stars appearing at a Gala Variety : Performance in aid of the Queen's Silver : Jubilee Appeal in 1977. : : : Off topic (because not jewel-related): This : article from the Daily Mail also includes : a funny picture of Dame Edna with... Queen : Victoria (well, her wax figure at Madame : Tussaud's...): : : : Who said the Queen should never be touched? : : --Previous Message-- : : Field has a pic from the same event and : identifies the bracelets as the diamond and : ruby ones of the Queen Mother's. : Looking at that I pic I have to agree, : though I cannot tell which pair it is, in : black and white. : : : --Previous Message-- : I came across this photo from the (guess) : 1980's. : I initially thought that HM was wearing some : of Queen Elizabeth's Cartier Coloured : bracelets which seemed odd to me. : Upon closer inspection, I think that these : are more likely Queen Mary's Indian Bangles. : What do you think ? : : : : : Cheers! : Bryce : : : : : : : : : : : :
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