Re: Second appearance (on QEII) for QEQM's Aquamarine Art Deco Brooch Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on November 8, 2014, 4:44 am, in reply to "Re: Second appearance (on QEII) for QEQM's Aquamarine Art Deco Brooch"
A clasp for sides of a jacket, maybe at the waist. The clasp would be under the central aquamarine. --Previous Message-- : Hello Nellie, : : do you mean that the brooch could be divided : in two (like a pair of twin clips)? I do not : think so. That would require not only to : separate the two (hypothetical) halfs, but : also to remove the central aquamarine. : : : (source: From Her Majesty's Jewel Vault) : : And I have always seen this brooch worn as : one single piece, and never as two separate : pieces - even when it was worn by the : Queen-Mother: : : : (picture sources: The Times, The Daily Mail) : : Could it be worn as a clasp? (I suppose you : mean on a bracelet or on a pearl necklace) : That would require that little hoops are : included in the metal frame at the back of : the brooch, so as to connect it with the : necklace or the bracelet. : : But I think this brooch would be too large : to be used as a bracelet clasp, or as a : choker clasp. It could theoretically be used : as a clasp on a larger pearl necklace (like, : for example, on the picture below of Empress : Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar : Nicholas I). But this is only theory, as I : have never seen the brooch being used this : way. : : : (A. Maliukov, Portrait of Empress Alexandra : Feodorovna , 1836, Hermitage Museum, : Saint-Petersburg. Picture source: Wikipedia : Commons) : : :
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