Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on November 27, 2014, 8:48 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings"
I believe the brooch could have been a remake of a pair of earrings. I still don't see a match for A and B. --Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : [snip] : In The Queen's Jewels (pages : 118-119), Leslie Field identifies these : pendants with the Duchess of Gloucester's : pendant earrings (as they are named in Hugh : Roberts' The Queen's Diamonds , pages : 114-117) (A in your panel). This seems very : plausible since, despite the bluriness of : the picture, we can see a scrolling frame on : the "B" pendants, which is the : case of the "A" earrings, but not : of the "C" earrings. : [snip] : : : I'm with Arthur on this one and think that : the visible scrolls of the pendants's frames : in the picture of Queen Mary suggest that : the pendants "B" are indeed the : earrings "A". : : BTW, is there any reason to believe that : Queen Mary's brooch was not only used to : make the earrings "C" but that the : brooch itself was a re-design of a pair of : drop earrings that Queen Mary didn't want to : wear? Or did I misunderstand Nellie's : sentence " I would just add that Queen : Mary seemed to never ever wear drop earrings : so putting a pair on a chain would make : sense to me. Then using them to form a : brooch makes sense too." ? : : :
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Message Thread:
- Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Arthur November 26, 2014, 9:41 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Arthur November 26, 2014, 9:47 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Merlin November 26, 2014, 10:06 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Arthur November 26, 2014, 12:15 pm
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Merlin November 26, 2014, 1:21 pm
- New for Paris in the Spring etc. - Merlin November 26, 2014, 2:35 pm
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Arthur November 27, 2014, 5:07 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Merlin November 27, 2014, 5:43 am
- Re: Two fringes (ed) - Nellie November 27, 2014, 6:02 am
- Re: Two fringes - Arthur November 27, 2014, 6:48 am
- Oslo - Count75 November 27, 2014, 2:05 pm
- Re: Oslo - Nellie November 27, 2014, 5:08 pm
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Baxter November 27, 2014, 6:56 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - mauriz November 26, 2014, 10:20 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Lorenzo November 26, 2014, 10:47 am
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - Nellie November 26, 2014, 3:21 pm
- Re: Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond/Emerald Pendant Earrings - jinja November 26, 2014, 10:16 pm
- Re: the brooch in detail - Nellie November 28, 2014, 10:10 pm
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