Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Close-up Archived Message
Posted by Arthur on July 11, 2014, 12:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Close-up"
I do not think this brooch comes from the turquoise and diamond parure which was given to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as a wedding gift by King George V in 1923, and later given by Queen Elizabeth to her daughter Margaret as a 21st-birthday present. On the pictures of the jewels presented as wedding gifts to Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, we can see only one brooch, in a festoon-design with nine turquoise - so, not the one that Queen Elizabeth II wore yesterday in Derbyshire. Here is the brooch in question worn by Queen(-mother) Elizabeth, then Duchess of York in the 1920s, and by Princess Margaret in the 1990s: Moreover, I don't think the Queen's brooch and Princess Margaret's parure are from the same period and style. Princess Margaret's parure was made by Garrard's c.1900 and is Edwardian in style; in Geoffrey Munn's book Tiaras, A History of Splendour (pages 180-183), there are fantastic close-ups of the tiara, on which you can notice a millegrain setting, typical of the late 19th/early 20th century. The Queen's brooch looks to me to be more Victorian, i.e. probably older. But I agree with you, it would be great if the splendid turquoise parure of Princess Margaret could revert to the main line of the Royal Family! --Previous Message-- : I thought perhaps this brooch was part of : Princess Margaret's turquoise parure: having : seen the Lotus flower tiara on the duchess : of Cambridge, presumably the other 'royal' : sets reverted to the Crown, in which case it : would be possible that the Queen might wear : them, but, I've only been able to find : blurry photos of Princess Margaret's : turquoise brooch, and it seems it had more : than one turquoise stone. : : --Previous Message-- : But were jewels filed by color so that they : could be matched to the Queen's outfits? : 1984 is a long time ago where computers are : concerned. : : :
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Message Thread:
- Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Baxter July 10, 2014, 8:50 am
- Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Nellie July 10, 2014, 9:54 am
- Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Cristina July 10, 2014, 1:39 pm
- Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - GillW July 10, 2014, 4:27 pm
- Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Arthur July 10, 2014, 5:29 pm
- Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Close-up - Gert-Jan July 11, 2014, 5:43 am
- Not a wedding gift - Arthur July 15, 2014, 9:40 am
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