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    A most charming brooch Archived Message

    Posted by Barbara D. on July 9, 2015, 1:25 pm

    The royal collection has a most lovely brooch, showing Victoria, The Princess Royal as a baby. The brooch was designed by the skilled Prince Albert as a Christmas present in 1841 for his beloved wife, Queen Victoria.

    How lovely it had be, The Duchess of Cambridge had worn this jewel for the christening of Princess Charlotte .


    http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/4834/brooch-of-victoria-princess-royal


    The description of the brooch says:
    Mounted in gold, the cut out enamel miniature of the Princess Royal clasping a string of pearls from which hangs a real diamond and ruby crucifix. She has bejewelled wings mounted at the shoulders.

    Queen Victoria's first child, also named Victoria, was the subject of numerous art commissions including this enamel, gold and jewelled brooch. Inspired by a cherub in a painting by Raphael, Prince Albert designed the piece himself as a Christmas present for the Queen. ‘The workmanship & design are quite exquisite,’ she declared, '& dear Albert was so pleased at my delight over it, its having been entirely his own idea and taste’. This portrait of Princess Victoria was copied from a circular miniature by William Essex, showing the Princess against a cloudy sky, and was copied numerous times.


    Materials
    Medium and techniques

    Enamel, gold, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, topazes

    Dimensions
    3.5 x 6.8 x 1.2 cm (whole object)


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