Seeing that Princess Margaret wore her GRIMA jewel back in 1985, it made me wonder whether this pair of earrings worn by the Duchess of York prior to her wedding day also made by the same company, was it?
--Previous Message-- : Andrew Grima and the royal's jewelry : : HM QUEEN ELIZABETH II : attends the epsom derby festival at epsom : racecourse in june 2009, wearing a grima : yellow gold, diamond and carved ruby brooch : : PRINCESS ANNE : THE LATE PRINCESS MARGARET : PRINCESS MICHAEL OF KENT : : http://www.grimajewellery.com/wearing.php : : : --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. : : : : :
on October 18, 2015, 2:30 pm, in reply to "