It would look quite lovely on the Duchess of Cambridge.
--Previous Message-- : : Boffer - I would agree with that because I : don't think the necklace fitted her personal : style, as far as I have come to know it via : photos only. : : : --Previous Message-- : This was included in the publication on the : historic cameo jewels in the Royal : Collection, Ancient and Modern Gems and : Jewels in The Collection of Her Majesty The : Queen . : I think it was purchased by Queen Mary more : for its artistic and historic purposes, to : add to the collection as a trinket to : display in case along with other various : cameos and intaglios. : : As the old Microsite for this publication, : which is still available online states: : : "Interchangeable sets of jewellery - : parures - became fashionable in the : nineteenth century. The ladies attending : Princess Charlotte, on her marriage in 1816, : wore matching sets of amethysts, chrysolites : and topazes given by the Prince Regent. : Empress Joséphine and her court were the : first to embrace the fashion of Greek dress : and cameo jewellery. Ancient, Renaissance : and modern Roman copies of engraved gems : were set in magnificent parures. By the : 1850s the jewellers Castellani and Giuliano : from Rome had revived the interest in : Archaeological styles in jewellery and gem : cutting. Earlier, in England Queen Charlotte : is also known to have had a collection of : cameo-set jewellery, including a parure with : a bandeau of five large and eight small : cameos." : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/gemsandjewels/MicroObject.asp?item=15&themeid=194&object=4190&row=15&detail=about : : Yet, by the time this was acquired in 1932 : this jewellery had fallen well out of : fashion and was collected for its historic : purposes rather than to be worn. Thus I : doubt Queen Mary every intended to wear this : piece, nor the rest of the parure. : : --Previous Message-- : Did anyone find Ruby parure (granted all the : pieces are on different pages) that Queen : Mary acquired? I wonder why we never saw her : in it...for that time it would look more : like day wear jewelry...but I think its : lovely... : : here is the necklace...there is also, : earrings, 2 brooches and a bracelet. : : : --Previous Message-- : : I eventually found the start of the jewels : and Insignia category - but where do I go : from here to find my favourites - without : spending the rest of the day stumbling : around in the dark? : I'm not happy !! : Starting on the second coffee right now. : : : : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/decorative-arts/jewels-and-insignia : : : : : : :
on March 25, 2012, 8:45 am, in reply to "