Re: Smaller Cullinans as presented to QM in 1910 Archived Message
Posted by Helen on March 5, 2016, 10:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Smaller Cullinans as presented to QM in 1910"
Thanks Beth & Nellie for all the research - great to have photos from ILN of July 1910. I just checked on another date which I remembered which is part of the story....George & May were to have visited South Africa in August 1910 to celebrate the Union of 4 colonies [post Boer War] on 31st May 1910. Obviously because of the death of Edward VII on 6th May 1910 this visit was cancelled, so one can assume that the diamonds would have been prepared for presentation to Mary well in advance of the visit. In James Pope-Hennessy's biography of QM he writes: "that February she was busy reading books about Africa for a journey to that continent was planned for her husband and herself in August." --Previous Message-- : It's amazing the 1910 newspaper printed those : clear images of the jewels! That is great : for us to be able to view them. Thank you, : Beth! : : --Previous Message-- : Images from the London Illustrated News : Saturday 9 July 1910. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : My interpretation of these images is that : the diamonds were presented in 1910 in the : settings we are familiar with today. The : comments in the Times state that Queen : Mary approved the settings. : : I suspect that the so called smaller of the : two "pendants" in the images above : were initially designed so that the : individual brooches could be worn separately : and in various configurations. That would be : characteristic of Queen Mary's use of : jewels. : : It appears that Carringtons, not Garrard : made the brooches. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I was always curious why these exhibition : sites so often said "Probably : Garrards" for the various Cullinan : brooches. : : : : http://46.236.36.161/microsites/dressfortheoccasion/object.asp?exhibs=BPSO2006jewellery&item=12 : : This now reinforces my thoughts that the : higher numbered Cullinans, given to Queen : Mary in 1910, were reset - most likely by : Carringtons for Garrards - as the brooches : we know today, for the Durbar stomacher in : 1911. : : Edit: reading further, another workshop was : involved in the special settings for Cs I : and II to be worn as a brooch, and similarly : for Cs III and IV as a brooch, and : "certainly executed an elaborate tiered : brooch from some of the other Cullinan : stones for Queen Mary, the commision being : passed on to Garrard's." More : tomorrow! : : Edit 2: "a London workshop acting as : outworkers for Garrard & Company" : : : : :
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