Re: British sapphire and emerald flower brooch identified Archived Message
Posted by ADCA on July 11, 2015, 2:50 pm, in reply to "British sapphire and emerald flower brooch identified"
This brooch was a wedding present to Queen Mary from the Earl of Fitzwilliam --Previous Message-- : Among the brooches belonging to Queen : Elizabeth II and pictured in Angela Kelly's : book Dressing The Queen , published in : 2012, there were a few surprises for jewels : specialists, i.e. brooches which have never, : or hardly never, been spotted on the Queen. : : Among these unidentified brooches is a small : sapphire and emerald brooch, whose shape : conveys (to my mind) a flower and its : petals, or maybe a rose window in a church. : This is the second brooch from the left on : the picture below, next to the well-known : Prince Albert Brooch: : : : : And a better close-up: : : : : I have spotted only one occasion when Queen : Elizabeth II wore this brooch: on May 17th, : 1997, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show (which : indicates that this brooch was not retained : by the Queen Mother until her death in : 2002): : : : : http://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/queen-elizabeth-ll-smiling-as-she-reviews-troops-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/52103732 : : Finally, while looking for something else : (as always... ), I have found this group : picture of the British Royal and Russian : Imperial Families together at Osborne House, : on the Isle of Wight, in August 1908 (or : 1909, it is not clear): : : : (Source: Wikipedia Commons - you can get a : larger version of this picture here: : https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/The_Royal_Gathering_at_Osborne.jpg : ) : : I am pretty sure that the brooch pinned by : Queen Mary (then Princess of Wales) on her : collar is the sapphire and emerald brooch : mentioned above: : : : : What do you think? : : : : : :
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