Wedding gifts to Princess Beatrice from Queen Victoria Archived Message
Posted by Stuart on July 1, 2015, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Could Queen Victoria be wearing an opal necklace in this image"
I have accessed Queen Victoria's journals and I can report the following: Tuesday 21st July 1885 (Osborne) After luncheon, we went to the drawing room where I had placed my gifts for darling Beatrice, viz: my ruby and diamond parure, which dearest Albert had arranged and collected, and the diadem of which was his design, and a small diamond circlet on which to fix stars, and a beautiful fan......... A later entry the day before the wedding mentions a half hoop ruby ring that Queen Victoria was given for her wedding by her Uncle the Duke of Sussex Beth- I hope this information helps --Previous Message-- : Thank you Lorenzo and Stuart, : : I agree with your observation Stuart that : the tiara bears some similarity to the one : worn by Princess Christian (Princess : Helena); yet, they are different, although : that may be due to artistic licence. : : Nevertheless, I suspect the necklace worn by : Queen Victoria (in the link I posted) is not : made with turquoises because of the : irregular nature of the stones. In the : nineteenth century high quality turquoise : jewellery normally had stones of regular : shapes, but there were always exceptions to : the norm. : : Stuart, I noticed from the thread you gave a : link to that you have, or had, access to : Queen Victoria's diaries. Would it be : possible for you to check to see what QV : said she gave to Princess Beatrice for her : wedding. With such knowledge we might start : to be able to rule out some items, even : though I realise it is possible that QV may : have had a necklace which has nothing to do : with the necklace many of us presume was : initially set with opals and later worn as a : ruby necklace by QEQM. : : :
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