Re: Gloucester turquoise and pearl fringed diamond necklace? Archived Message
Posted by Annie on February 22, 2015, 8:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Gloucester turquoise and pearl fringed diamond necklace?"
The Duchess of Gloucester also has this necklace. --Previous Message-- : 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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