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    Re: Queen Mary in Australia in 1901 (pictures) Archived Message

    Posted by Count75 on October 19, 2014, 8:17 pm, in reply to "Queen Mary in Australia in 1901 (pictures)"



    --Previous Message--
    : Thank you, Nellie, for this incredible
    : description of King George V and Queen
    : Mary's (then TRH the Duke and Duchess of
    : Cornwall and York) to Australia.
    :
    : Regarding the sash of the order worn by
    : Queen Mary during this visit, I guess that
    : Queen Mary must actually have worn the white
    : sash of the Royal Order of Victoria and
    : Albert, awarded to the female members of the
    : Royal Family. The Royal Guelphic Order was a
    : Hanoverian House order, not a British one,
    : and Queen Mary and King George V were not
    : members of the Hanoverian royal family. And
    : it would have had no sense to wear a
    : Hanoverian order while on visit to
    : Australia.
    :
    : Here are pictures, from the Royal
    : Collection's website, about this first
    : Australian royal tour:
    :
    : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection-search/Queen%2520Mary%2520Australia%25201901
    :
    : The pictures below are of the opening of the
    : first Parliament of the newly-established
    : Commonwealth of Australia in Melbourne, on
    : 9th May 1901. Queen Mary is wearing a long
    : diamond riviere, the Cambridge pearl brooch
    : (see Roberts, page 118) pinned on her
    : collar, the Women of Hampshire pearl brooch
    : (see Roberts, page 151) pinned in the middle
    : of her corsage on the sash, and the large
    : baroque pearl brooch surrounded by diamonds
    : (now in the possession of the Duchess of
    : Gloucester), pinned on her waist.
    :
    :
    : Caption: A group photograph with King George
    : V (1865-1936) when the Duke of Cornwall and
    : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when
    : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York,
    : with John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
    : (1860-1908), the first Governor-General of
    : Australia and known as Lord Hopetoun in
    : Australia, and his wife, Hersey, Marchioness
    : of Linlithgow (1867-1937). The Duke and Lord
    : are wearing Naval uniforms, with insignia
    : and cocked hats. The group are standing in
    : front of a door.
    :
    :
    : Caption: A group photograph including King
    : George V (1865-1936) when the Duke of
    : Cornwall and York; Queen Mary (1867-1953)
    : when Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and
    : York; Derek Kepple (1863-1944) and Mrs Derek
    : Kepple; Sir Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron
    : Stamfordham (1849-1931); Alexander
    : Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957)
    : when Prince Alexander of Teck; Henry
    : Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe
    : (1876-1932), who served as ADC to the Duke
    : of Cornwall and York during Colonial tour of
    : 1901; Lord Critchton; Lady Katherine Coke;
    : Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey-Faussett
    : (1863-1945); and Commander Sir Charles
    : Leopold Cust (1864-1931), who was awarded
    : the Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian
    : Order (KCVO) in 1911; Admiral Sir Alfred
    : Leigh Winsloe (1852-1931); Chevalier de
    : Martino (1838-1912); and other officials
    : outside Government House, Melbourne. The
    : names of the people in the photograph is
    : written underneath by Queen Mary.
    :
    :
    : Caption: A photograph showing King George V
    : (1865-1952) when the Duke of Cornwall and
    : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when
    : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York,
    : at the official opening of the Commonwealth
    : Parliament in Melbourne, Australia. The
    : photograph shows the Duke and Duchess
    : standing in front of a large crowd of
    : Parliament members on a podium in front of
    : crowds and judges. The Duke is wearing his
    : Naval uniform with insignia.
    :
    :
    : Caption: The Opening of the First Parliament
    : of the Commonwealth of Australia, 9th May
    : 1901, by painter Tom Roberts (1856-1931).
    : Oil on canvas (358.4 x 504.3 cm). Presented
    : to King Edward VII on 3 July 1904 as a gift
    : from the Commonwealth of Australia; hanging
    : at St James's Palace until 1957, when placed
    : on loan to Parliament House, Canberra.
    : Within a crowded interior of the Exhibition
    : Building at Melbourne, the Duke of York
    : (later George V) stands, almost centre, upon
    : a semi-circular stage; the arched roof,
    : right is lit from a strong light source,
    : upper right; flags and standards decorate
    : the walls.
    :
    : This one is not from the Royal Collection,
    : but was taken on the same day:
    :
    :
    : The picture below was taken in Brisbane, on
    : 22 May 1901. Queen Mary seems to be wearing
    : similar jewels as in Melbourne two weeks
    : earlier (most certainly the Cambridge pearl
    : brooch on her collar - I am less sure for
    : the other brooches).
    :
    :
    : Caption: A photograph showing King George V
    : (1865-1936) when the Duke of Cornwall and
    : York and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when
    : Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and York,
    : attending a formal ceremony in which they
    : laid the foundation stone to a new Cathedral
    : in Brisbane, 22 May 1901. The photograph
    : shows the Duke and Duchess walking towards
    : the camera with the foundation stone and
    : equipment to their left. There are groups of
    : people in the background, including a group
    : of choir boys and young girls wearing white
    : bonnets in the foreground of the photograph.
    : The Duchess is dressed in black and holding
    : a black umbrella, the Duke is holding his
    : top hat in his right hand and using a
    : walking stick in his left hand.
    :
    :
    :
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    :
    : Thank you for that contrinbution Mauriz.
    : Truly appreciated.
    :
    : I was also thinking of the remark about
    : Queen Mary and provide below here a previous
    : posting of mine about her trip to Australia
    : in 1901 while still in mourning for Queen
    : Victoria.
    : It seems Queen MAry used jet in the trimming
    : on her gowns but not in her jewels. Note
    : they include amethysts.
    :
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    :
    : The many reports leave me with the
    : impression that Queen Mary (then the Duchess
    : of Cornwall and York) went to great lengths
    : to wear piles of diamonds for the most regal
    : events, and that her jewels probably looked
    : stunning against her mourning black.
    : I also feel that there must have been quite
    : a lot lent to her for the trip. That could
    : have been from her own family and possibly
    : some from Queen Victoria who had died so
    : recently.
    :
    : A white sash appears a number of times, with
    : various names - Order of the House of
    : Guelph, Order Alexandra, and another I
    : cannot recall or find again but it possibly
    : referred to the V&A as “for Women”.
    : Another time, across the bodice a riband of
    : the Crown of India was worn.
    :
    : I now think possibly the most impressive
    : tiara, each point surmounted by pearls,
    : must have been her own Girls of Great
    : Britain and Ireland.
    : There were private dinners at Government
    : House so who knows what she might have worn
    : to dinner by way of jewels.
    : So here is the story but no pics - yet. It
    : has been a challenge to work out correct
    : dates, and places for all events.
    : A break between quotations means a different
    : report.
    :
    : Monday 6 - arrived, dinner at Government
    : House
    :
    : Tuesday 7 - morning levee at Government
    : House; evening dinner at Government House
    :
    : Wednesday 8 - afternoon The State Reception,
    : Parliament House
    : “Around her neck was a long chain of
    : diamonds with a diamond star pendant.”
    :
    : Wednesday 8 - evening Reception given by
    : Governor-General at Governent House. This
    : seems to have been the major evening event.
    : " A diamond tiara in simple bandeau
    : style worn set rather back on the head; many
    : strings of diamonds round the neck formed a
    : deep collar; below this was a collarette of
    : amethyst, and diamonds hanging in pendants;
    : on the left side of the bodice a large
    : diamond ornament was worn, with strings of
    : diamonds caught by medallion shaped diamond
    : ornaments. The jewels were
    : magnificent."
    :
    : Note: one report says rubies in the tiara
    : and flat neckace, which qestions my theory
    : that reporters were working from very
    : detailed press releases, though some of the
    : “correspondents” writing in ladies columns
    : were obviously freelancers and might not
    : have had the releases.
    :
    : The wife of the Governor-General, Lady
    : Hopetoun, wore “…the edge of the corsage
    : draped in four rows of diamonds caught up in
    : festoons. With this was worn diamond bodice
    : ornaments, reviere, and star tiara of
    : diamonds.” I think the peerage was
    : Linlithgow. Might be worth hunting for some
    : pics.
    :
    : Thursday 9 - midday opening of Parliament
    :
    : Thursday 9 - evening Concert - Town hall or
    : Exhibition Building not yet resolved by me.
    : HRH wore “a magnificen tiara of diamonds and
    : a dog-collar and long chains of the same
    : stones. She also wore a white order and
    : some magnificent diamond brooches.”
    :
    : “She wore a large diamond coronet different
    : from any till then worn, a collar of
    : diamonds, pendant of diamonds, and several
    : orders.”
    :
    : Friday 10 - evening Mayoral Reception at
    : Town Hall
    : “HRH had rich soft silk, trimmed with much
    : silk net in tiny frills, her coronet was of
    : diamonds, and the diamond necklace had large
    : pendant amethysts.”
    :
    : Saturday 11 - evening Reception at
    : Government House
    : “The Duchess of Cornwall and York wore a
    : trained gown of dull satin, with full, deep
    : flounces of lace, the bodice was trimmed
    : with lace and jet, and on left shoulder a
    : bunch of cherries, made of black velvet, the
    : leaves being of silk; she wore her white
    : sash (the Order of the House of Guelph),
    : fastened with a diamond buckle; she also
    : wore a diamond and pearl tiara, a collar of
    : pearls and diamonds, a rope of pearls and
    : lovely diamond brooches.”
    :
    : “Her jewels were a coronet of pearls,
    : throatlet, and long necklaces of pearls, and
    : eardrops.”
    :
    : “She wore the white sash of the Royal
    : Guelphic order, fastened with a diamond
    : buckle. Her diamond tiara was pointed with
    : pearls. She wore a collar of pearls caught
    : with diamond clasps, a rope of pearls, a
    : splendid brooch, a pendant of diamonds
    : chained with pearls, and several bangles,
    : and carried a little French fan flowered
    : with white.”
    :
    : “The bodice was almost concealed by a white
    : moire order sash caught with a diamond
    : ornament at the waist. A large diamond
    : ornament and pendant was worn in the centre
    : of the bodice, and two orders beside it; on
    : the left shoulder were some black flowers,
    : and the sleeve was caught on the shoulder
    : with a diamond ornament. A magnificent pearl
    : collar and vertical bars of diamonds, a long
    : string of pearls, and pearl eardrops were
    : worn, also a very handsome diamond tiara and
    : diamond bracelets, and long black gloves,
    : and a black fan were the other details of an
    : imposing toilete.”
    :
    : Tuesday 14 - dinner at Government House
    :
    : Wednesday 15 - dinner by Mayor
    :
    : Thursday 16 - leave for Brisbane
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    :
    : Jet indeed derives from wood and is a sort
    : of coal, half way in the process between
    : brown and black coal. Whitby in Yorkshire
    : was a centre for mining jet, hence the term
    : "Whitby Jet" for English jet.
    :
    : Jet was often imitated by using glass or
    : mixing pulverised jet with the ingredients
    : of glass in the making process. Sometimes
    : the goal was to achieve more luster than jet
    : could offer, particularly in the production
    : in France in the early 20th century and in
    : Bohemia, probably influenced by their glass
    : production. Our idea of "jet
    : black" probably derives more from that
    : sort of jet.
    :
    : Jet - unlike glass - will remain rather warm
    : if you put it into the fridge, that's one
    : way to identify it. Another is to heat a
    : needle until red hot. You'll be able to use
    : it to bore a small whole into jet, but
    : obviously not into glass. Jet, like any
    : coal, will leave a light brown trace on
    : certain materials.
    :
    : The whole concept of mourning jewellery is
    : very interesting and I only wished I had
    : more time to participate in the discussion,
    : but at the moment I shouldn't even read the
    : board. Thanks nevertheless for bringing up
    : that topic!
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    A grand Queen indeed.

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