Posted by Nellie on July 28, 2014, 10:49 pm, in reply to "Re: …more diamonds"
Could have been an experiment and one of her less successful ones.
--Previous Message-- : Sorry Nellie, I missed this post earlier. : : I was looking at that too and it looks as if : the drops are added on to the collet. The : drops do not seem to match with the chunkier : necklace. : : I think QM has been tinkering again ! : : Cheers! : Bryce : : --Previous Message-- : : We have discussed the lower necklace at : length in the past but I don't recall ever : resolving just what it was or where it came : from. : Given the W&A connections, I am wondering : about it all over again. : : --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 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :