Thank you Arthur for shedding some light on these pieces.
Sorry I got the date wrong. HM manages to wear her dresses over so many years, I think I was assuming the picture was around the time of her 80th birthday and not four year later!
I though that there might have been some central element – the details of which show in the first Zimbio picture and again in the photos from the Korean and French banquets.
As well, each picture shows 3 rows of diamonds and evidence of the tapering.
I think they are the same (although, as is often the case, not 100% sure).
I wonder if it came from Queen Elizabeth’s collection as we have only seen (or noticed) it more recently.
Cheers! Bryce
--Previous Message-- : Bryce, : : I agree this (these) bracelet(s) is (are) : probably NOT the modern Baguette and : Brilliant Diamond Bracelet purchased in 1949 : by King George VI from Garrard for the then : Princess Elizabeth: : : : : On the Baguette & Brilliant Bracelet, : the baguette line is on either side of the : bracelet, whereas on the pictures you : posted, the “continuing” line seems to be in : the middle. And the Baguette & Brilliant : Bracelet has a “twist” motive in the centre. : : It is of course very difficult to tell with : certainty, since the bracelets are rarely : well visible, but here are a few comments I : can make: : : : - on the first picture (the Queen in blue : dress): : : First, the date is incorrect: this picture : was not taken in 2006, but on 30th November, : 2010, at the premiere of "Narnia: The : Voyage of the Dawn Treader" at Odeon : Leicester Square in London. : : Zimbio provides us with a nice picture of : the bracelet: : : : : On these pictures, we can also notice a : small “bulge” at the bottom of the bracelet: : : : : : - on the 2013 South Korean State visit: : : I have this small, but slightly better image : of the Queen during the State banquet, as : well as two HQ pictures. I think we can see : again a small “bulge” at the bottom of the : bracelet. : : : : : : : - on the 2014 State visit to France: : : On these HQ pictures, we can see the : bracelet very clearly. The “bulge” that we : have seen on the previous pictures is a kind : of larger diamond motive, maybe the clasp. : We can also see that the bracelet is : slightly narrower around this “clasp”. : : : : : : : I have found another picture (previously : posted by Tamara?) of this bracelet, worn : during the Queen’s State visit to Ireland, : during the State Banquet at Dublin Castle, : on 18th May, 2011: : : : : : I do not know the origin of this bracelet. : : That’s all, folks! : : : --Previous Message-- : Hi everyone, : As you may have gathered, I am doing some : work on sorting out my bracelet : "inventory". : : I have come across these three pictures and : I am wondering if HM is wearing the same : diamond bracelet (in any of them). : They look pretty similar but it is sometimes : hard to tell with the angles, lighting etc. : : I do not think that they are the "Bags : n Brill" diamond bracelet as they seem : very homogeneous - but hey...I've been wrong : before !! : : 2006 reception : : : 2013 Korean State visit (inbound) : : : 2014 French State Visit (outbound) : : : Thanks ! : : Cheers! : Bryce : : ps Bags n Brill - Baguettes and Brilliants : : : :
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