--Previous Message-- : That is certainly a fast response, Maridje! : Thank you for your prompt reply on the name : of the brooch. : : Interesting close-up design! When I zoomed : on that block of the original picture of the : queen showing the brooch only, it still did : not look like the design in your close-up : picture. It looks nice, but I do not care : much for rubies, though. : : --Previous Message-- : : : : : : This very modern gold brooch is be the : contemporary designer Andrew Grima. : : It is a stylised gold flower set with : diamonds and carved rubies which had : formerly been part of an Indian turban : jewel. : : By Grima: : the one with the rubies (which stones are : formerly part of a an Indian head ornament) : was a prize winning piece : It was one of 12 pieces which, as a : collection, had won the 1966 Duke of : Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, and he : later bought it for the Queen. : : : :
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