Don't think we saw it on other royal Spanish ladies...
J-F
--Previous Message-- : Late last night I did a quick search on the : British newspapers to see if any of them had : made the link between Princess Beatrice's : wedding gift to her daughter and Queen : Victoria's gift to her. None of them appear : to have made the connection. : : Yet it was not a fruitless task, as when I : saw J-F's photo (showing pearls in the : tiara) I was struck by the shape of the : largish bow brooch which could be seen. : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1475621409.html : : This I discovered was a present from the : English communities in various parts of : Spain. : : Illustrated London News 9 June 1906 : : : J-F's photo does not show all of the brooch. : Unfortunately the only photo I can find : which shows the entire brooch is a photo of : much lesser quality - but here it is! : : : : I also noticed in the reports that Sir : Nathanial and Lady Rothschild gave Queen Ena : a diamond and pink pearl brooch but I have : not seen an image of it. I suspect that the : pink pearl in that brooch will also have : been a conch pearl. Perhaps it too was : dismantled to form part of the Queen's : bracelet. : :