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    Re: Emerald/diamond brooch Archived Message

    Posted by Franck on October 24, 2014, 5:08 am, in reply to "Re: Emerald/diamond brooch"

    Dear Arthur,

    Thank you for your kind photo of this emerald brooch ! It is the best photo I have seen of the brooch.

    I don't understand why Queen Elizabeth II has not worn these emerald brooches from her Mother.

    She has on least 4 emerald and diamonds brooches from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother that are lying in the vault :

    1° - the second emerald and diamond brooche from Miss Greville (Might worn by the Doc);
    2° - The (25’s anniversary wedding gift) emerald and diamond brooch from her husband ;
    3° - The emerald and diamond arrow brooch as a wedding gift in 1923 :
    4° - The 3 emerald, diamond and gold brooch (your post)

    Best regards,

    Franck

    --Previous Message--
    : Hello Joye,
    :
    : it's very interesting, I had never seen this
    : brooch before.
    :
    : I can not be 100% sure, but my feeling is
    : that the emerald brooch worn by the Queen
    : Mother is not one of Queen Mary's wedding
    : gifts. Reason for this impression is that
    : the style of the brooch looks too modern to
    : be a gift from the late 19th century. But
    : this is only my personal visual impression.
    :
    : The picture you have posted is dated by
    : Getty Pictures 3rd January, 1996 and depicts
    : Queen Mother Elizabeth at the Grand Military
    : Gold Cup at Sandown Park Racecourse in
    : Esher, Surrey. Note that the picture has
    : been flipped left-right by Getty pictures
    : (as you can see on the 2nd picture below,
    : the brooch is worn on the left lapel of the
    : Queen-Mother's coat.
    :
    :
    : Caption: The Queen Mother attends the Grand
    : Military Gold Cup. Held annually at Sandown
    : Park Racecourse in Esher, Surrey it is a
    : meeting point for the Military, in
    : particularly for Cavalry Officers, with its
    : origins in the days when mounted Cavalry
    : Officers still rode to war. (Photo by
    : Richard Manning/Getty Images)
    :
    :
    : I wonder if the emerald shamrock pin
    : presented as a wedding gift to Queen Mary by
    : Sir Frederick & Lady Milner could be
    : this brooch worn by Princess Marina, Duchess
    : of Kent, and later by Princess Michael of
    : Kent:
    :
    :
    :
    : http://artemisiasroyaljewels.blogspot.fr/2013/02/british-royal-jewels-kent-jewels_25.html
    :
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