Posted by Nellie on July 28, 2014, 8:32 pm, in reply to "Re: …more diamonds"
I think you are right about the fringe tiara too.
The ear studs might be the tops of the QV earrings.
QM did not wear the drops on the earrings for her coronation.
--Previous Message-- : I wondered if it was the Lahore but it thought : the drop was not big enough. We know that : QM used all of these large stones as drops : on something at one time or another. : : Looking at a picture of the Coronation : Earrings with the Necklace, the Lahore is : not really all that much bigger after all. : : I did notice that there seems to be a : "spacer" diamond on the drop which : lead me down the earring path. : : Maybe he earrings are QV large diamond : studs. : : Also, I am pretty sure that QM is wearing : the Hanoverian Fringe tiara in your picture : (as opposed to her fringe). : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : : Ah yes! A drop, or two, on the Queen : Adelaide/William IV brooch. I cannot decide : if the main drop is the Lahore diamond, from : its shape. : : The earrings? Well I cannot know. But they : are giant "studs". : Also note that Queen Mary never ever wore : conventional drop earrings. Well I cannot : recall any. : Her ear lobes were long and got longer with : age. : : I had noted the connection between the : brooch and bracelets!! : : : --Previous Message-- : I suspect and hope that you are right : Nellie. : The Queen does not seem to have the same : propensity to remodeling her jewels the way : her grandmother did. I also think that she : is quite aware of the historic aspect and , : when seen in documentaries, is always : intrigued by the history and provenance of : various pieces. I would guess that she : would keep intact something that her mother : and grandmother used at their coronations. : : Keeping in mind the relative term : "grand event", I wonder if we will : see them any time soon. Queen Mary used to : wear a tiara for dinner with the King, so : her grand events would mean she would bring : out the best of the best to surpass her day : to day jewels - as your great pictures show. : : Oh ya.... good eye on the Cullinan IX ring. : I was so focused on the bracelets I did not : even notice it. : : Now you've got me looking...Is that a : diamond drop from the William IV Brooch? : Maybe one of the coronation earrings? : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : : I think it is quite likely that the : bracelets, as worn as you state, could still : exist in the same form. : They are rather excellent four-row diamond : bracelets, and a pair, with lots of history. : They would appear only at a very grand : event, I expect. : : By the way, that looks like a Cullinan ring. : : : : --Previous Message-- : Do we still think that these bracelets : survive : in the state worn by QM and QEQM (and HM in : 1953) or do you think they have been : "reworked" and the diamonds : re-purposed?... : : or, will these items be added to Arthur's : list of jewels that show up again after 50 : years?? : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : : This looks a bit more like two rows of : diamonds, to my eye. : : : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/421979/bracelet-with-a-miniature-of-queen-adelaide : : --Previous Message-- : : Two links to the Royal Collection - : : As Alex posted - 37014 - : : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/37014/pair-of-brooches : : Another pair - 37015 : : : : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/37015/pair-of-brooches-with-miniatures-of-william-iv-and-queen-adelaide : : : : : : : : : : : : : :