pendant Archived Message
Posted by joye on July 11, 2014, 8:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Surprises continue from QEII - turquoise - Close-up"
Never noticed before the turquoise pendant hanging from 2nd pearl necklace, Might this have also gone to Princess Margaret? --Previous Message-- : 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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