Re: Queen Mary's Crown - the diamonds Archived Message
Posted by Nellie on February 28, 2012, 12:45 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Mary's Crown - the diamonds"
Yes - if that's before the 1914 work, I think she must have kept her crown at home until then - perhaps on her dressing table? And with the three major diamonds removed so she could wear them whenever she chose. So, seeing she still wanted to have use of the those three, she had replicas made, having decided the crown was to be put on display. Now, it is not really clear to me if the crown ever went on display with those three real diamonds inserted. I had always assumed that the K was in place and that it was removed whenever she wanted to wear it. Perhaps that is wrong. I think this is your pic where Cullinan I is suspended from the Koh-i-nûr in its honeysuckle brooch setting. --Previous Message-- : : : 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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