Please note that I can"t also identify a second greville emerald brooch after rereading your comments...However, I am pretty that I read that she had inherited an other emerald and diamond brooch from Miss Greville.
Please also note that the water-lily brooch is a silver wedding gift from King George VI in 1948. However, I don"t remember the source.
Best regards,
Franck
--Previous Message-- : Regarding your list of emerald brooches worn : by the Duchess of Cornwall, I agree with : you, except on the last one (the "small : emerald and diamond brooch"). I can not : identify which brooch it is (I do not : suggest you are wrong, just that I do not : identify the brooch). : : Regarding QEQM's emerald brooches which have : not been worn since her death: : : - I am not sure that we can identify a : "second Greville emerald brooch": : Leslie Field, in the chapter of her book : about emeralds, mentions that QEQM owned a : magnificent emerald necklace inherited from : Mrs Greville. In the same paragraph, she : also writes that QEQM owned " pendant : emerald earrings, diamond and emerald : bracelets and two large emerald and diamond : brooches ", but she does not suggest : that these jewels are Greville heirlooms : (though it could be the case). : : - I have also written in my files that the : water-lily brooch is a silver wedding gift : from King George VI in 1948, but I have : unfortunately not noted the source for this : information. QEQM has worn the brooch not : only for Princess Anne's christening in : 1950, but also for Prince Charles' : christening in 1948. : : : - I am very puzzled by the brooch worn by : QEQM on the second last picture of your : post, I can not identify this brooch. : : : :
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