Re: Aquamarines Parure Jewels from Princess Alice of Battenberg Archived Message
Posted by Bryce on October 6, 2015, 12:16 pm, in reply to "Re: Aquamarines Parure Jewels from Princess Alice of Battenberg"
This is somewhat confusing. But here is my humble opinion. I think that the Purple necklace posted by Arthur, the sapphire-blue necklace posted by Nellie and the pale-green necklace posted on Ursula's German language site are ALL THE SAME NECKLACE. I say this because if you look at the white reflections of (for example) the centre stone and the stone 2 to the right of centre, they are identical in all three instances. This would not happen except on copies of the same photo. I have no idea which is the "real" colour - if indeed any of then are the real colour. I do however think that this necklace is the closest in design to Princess Alice's necklace. It is however shorter (by stone count) then the one that Princess Alice is wearing. You cannot see her wrist to see if she is wearing the matching bracelet. She may be using the bracelet to lengthen the necklace. The necklace worn by P. Alice is longer by a few stones then the other coloured examples noted above. Also, the necklace shown as an overlay on the right side of Ursula's English page (coloured pale blue) is NOT the same necklace. It has 15 stones where the other has 14 and the central diamond element is more bow shaped then the more squarish elements actually being worn by Pricess Alice.
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