Gloucester turquoise and pearl fringed diamond necklace? Archived Message
Posted by Arthur on February 21, 2015, 3:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Elizabeth II's The turquoise and diamond brooch"
Hello Ashdean, which turquoise and pearl necklace are you refering to? I do not remember having seen the Duchesses of Gloucester (either Alice or Birgitte) wearing such a necklace. Do you have pictures of this necklace? According to Leslie Field (The Queen's Jewels, page 158 of the 1997 edition), the Duchess of Gloucester owns two turquoise and diamond (but not pearl) necklace: - "a long chain necklace of twenty-six turquoise and diamond oval clusters", which is part of a parure also including a tiara, a pair of cluster earrings, a ring, three bow brooches (including one with a tassel), a bangle bracelet and two four-row turquoise bead bracelets. The three bow brooches were a confirmation present to Queen Mary's mother, Mary-Adelaide (later Duchess of Teck) in 1850. The whole parure was given twice as a wedding gift, first in 1893 to Queen Mary by her parents, then in 1935 to Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, by Queen Mary. We can see the whole parure here (on the right picture), when the Gloucester wedding gifts were displayed: This turquoise and diamond cluster necklace was worn occasionally by Alice and Birgitte, Duchesses of Gloucester: - "over the years [after Queen Mary's wedding in 1893, I suppose], another drop necklace was added, and the Teck earrings worn as detachable pendant drops on the oval cluster earrings". This drop necklace is the most frequently worn by the Duchess of Gloucester (it is also worn by the young Queen Mary on the picture above):
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