Re: Queen Victoria's sapphire tiara pics Archived Message
Posted by jinja on August 13, 2015, 7:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Victoria's sapphire tiara pics "
The brooch would no doubt have been the Albert brooch, and perhaps Queen Victoria thought that gave her leave to wear her sapphires in his memory. Sapphires are also dark gems and would have been all right for late mourning, though amethysts were more acceptable.
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