Re: Queen Mary's Crown - the diamonds Archived Message
Posted by Baxter on February 27, 2012, 11:20 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary's Crown - the diamonds"
How very interesting, Nellie. It had never occurred to me that Queen Mary's crown would have been on display in the Tower while she was regularly wearing some of the stones. Here is a photo which the Corbis caption says is the third State Opening of Parliament since the Coronation which would be 1913, but I had it dated as 1912, although I don't know the source. I've seen a closer view somewhere that shows this to be the Cullinan I attached to the Koh-i-nûr in its brooch setting. If this is indeed the case, it was worn as a brooch prior to the 1914 alterations.
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