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    Re: new info on QEQM horseshoe brooch Archived Message

    Posted by Beth1 on October 18, 2014, 4:16 am, in reply to "new info on QEQM horseshoe brooch"

    Hello Joye,
    I am a touch confused by your post.

    Ursula's site has a photograph (presumably from a contemporary newspaper) and states that Alice de Rothchild gave QM a diamond brooch depicting a scent bottle and true lover's knot. http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-mary-marriage-presents.htm
    My reading of Field suggests that is what Queen Mary gave to QEQM in addition to a "small diamond horseshoe brooch which she herself had worn as a young woman..." No provenance was given for the horseshoe brooch.

    --Previous Message--
    : I have posted below in the appropriate place
    : but thought I would post here also as
    : further down posts are not always read.
    : Fields page 32 say Queen Mary gave her only
    : daughter in law at the time namely QEQM a
    : small diamond horseshoe brooch which was her
    : wedding gift from Miss Alice de Rothchild.
    :
    : The new paragraph also has info Q Mary
    : offering QEQM jewels left to the Crown.
    : It mentions QEQM chose snake bracelet from Q
    : Alexandra plus other jewels . I only mention
    : snake bracelet as a poster brought it up
    : recently.
    :


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