Re: Gloucester turquoise and pearl fringed diamond necklace? Archived Message
Posted by Dawn on February 21, 2015, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Gloucester turquoise and pearl fringed diamond necklace?"
Turquoise is not my favorite gemstone but Queen Mary and both Duchesses of Gloucester all looked lovely wearing various pieces of that turquoise and diamond parure! Thanks for showing these lovely photos here, Arthur. I suppose years from now, this parure would pass on to the new Duke of Gloucester (who's currently the Earl of Ulster), therefore his wife, who would then become the new Duchess, would get to wear it. Unless the current Duchess decides to pass it to her older daughter (or perhaps the younger one). --Previous Message-- : 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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