--Previous Message-- : There were (if I recall correctly), some : coloured earrings from Queen Mary in the : sale of jewellery by the children of : Princess Margaret. Could these be from that : sale? : : --Previous Message-- : As Q Mary is wearing her ruby bracelet, I : suppose both her earrings and middle choker : are rubies also. : As this is a photo of a young Q Mary the : earrings worn are not the later anniversary : ruby earrings from The King. which became : Crown Jewels. : Therefore what is know of these ruby : earrings please? Where did they end up? : The long diamond tassel brooch ended up with : either Gloucesters or Kent can not remember : correctly. : : --Previous Message-- : Hello Josefine, : : I think that these head jewels, mounted on a : discreet bandeau and spreading in fan shape : from a bottom point connected with the : bandeau, are generally called : "aigrette" in English (and in : French too, by the way). : : This kind of jewels seems to be quite rare : in the royal collections nowadays. Princess : Astrid of Norway has two aigrettes (the one : you posted, with rubies, and another made of : diamonds, in wings shape), and Countess : Gunilla Bernadotte, wife of the late Prince : Carl-Johan of Sweden, owns another one, made : of pearls and diamonds. : : Princess Astrid of Norway, Mrs Ferner: : : : Countess Gunilla Bernadotte: see this post : from the regretted Boris: : : : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1336730310.html : : : : : Queen Mary of the United-Kingdom also had : several bejewelled aigrettes that she wore : as a young princess. I do not know the : whereabouts of these jewels, which may have : been dismantled to satisfy the Queen's : perpetual frenzy of transforming her : jewels... She had a diamond feather aigrette : made by Collingwood and presented to her by : her husband as a wedding gift: : : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-mary-kensington-brooch.htm : : : : There is also another aigrette, made of : pearl and diamonds, in the shape of a : bouquet of forget-me-not - here pictured on : Ursula's website: : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/Queen-mary-aigrette.htm : : She also had a third aigrette, made of dark : stones (possibly rubies, or black pearls): : : : : And finally (?), a fourth aigrette, in : diamonds: : : : : --Previous Message-- : for this kind of design? : : : : : : : : : :
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