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    Re: Rubies. Archived Message

    Posted by Bryce on July 31, 2014, 12:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Rubies."

    Dawn
    These are the so called "Crown Rubies". The necklace and earrings were made for Queen Victoria
    (QV) and originally contained opals as the main stones. QV left these jewels to the Crown.

    Queen Alexandra thought opals unlucky and swapped them out for rubies (she did the same to the Oriental Circlet as seen in your pictures).

    These were some of the jewels that The Queen let her mother continue to use until her death in 2002

    Cheers!
    Bryce

    --Previous Message--
    : The source did not state the origins of this
    : pair of ruby and diamond earrings & the
    : ruby and diamond necklace, but the Queen
    : Mother apparently had worn them a long time
    : ago (as HM the Queen).
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    : The source is from a book in my collection:
    : "Royal Souvenirs" by Geoffrey
    : Warren (pub. in 1977).
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    : Another time in a different evening gown
    : but again wore this ruby and diamond
    : necklace & pair of earrings {and the
    : same tiara as well}:
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    : --Previous Message--
    : To collaborate Merlin's reply, I too believe
    : they are the Crown Ruby earrings. Here are
    : a couple more pix.
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    : Cheers!
    : Bryce
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    : --Previous Message--
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    : Thank you Merlin.
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    : Quite unusual, wearing the rubies with a
    : diamond tiara.
    : She did it again in the 1990s.
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    : Can anyone identify the earrings for me
    : please? Probably December 1953.
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