Thank you Arthur and Nellie. Arthur my understanding is that the ruby earrings are the large rubies surrounded by diamonds which George V gave to Queen Mary. These are the ones which QEII wore recently at the Order of the Thistle ceremony in Scotland.
--Previous Message-- : I should also add that Hugh Robert's The : Queen's Diamonds mentions other jewels : designated as heirlooms of the Crown (but : prior to Queen Victoria's last will, and : designated as such in the 1858 Inventory of : the Queen's jewels) : - Queen Adelaide's Fringe Necklace/Tiara : - Queen Adelaide's Diamond Brooch : - Queen Victoria's large diamond bracelet. : : Queen Alexandra's 'Dagmar Necklace' was also : designated as "heirloom of the : Crown". : : --Previous Message-- : Hello, : : Here is the list of the jewels left to the : Crown by Queen Victoria, as published in : Vincent Meylan’s Bijoux de Reines (2002, : appendix Nr. 6, page 207), which reproduces : the list published in Twinnings Crown : Jewels of Europe : : : 1) George IV’s coronet : : It must be the coronet which is called the : “Diamond Diadem” by the Royal Collection, : which was made for George IV’s Coronation in : 1820 and which the Queen usually wears for : the State Opening of Parliament (for the : processions between Buckingham Palace and : Westminster Palace). : : : : More info from the Royal Collection’s : website: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?object=31702&row=0&detail=about : : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/31702/the-diamond-diadem : : 2) The Oriental Tiara : : Made by Garrard on a design by Prince Albert : himself, it was originally set with opals. : Queen Alexandra had the opals replaced by : rubies in 1902. It was one the favourite : tiaras of Queen Elizabeth the Queen-Mother, : who retained it until her death in 2002. It : has been worn only once by Queen Elizabeth : II. : : : : It is not clear whether the matching : necklace, brooch and pair of earrings are : also included in the Crown’s heirloom. : : 3) “A Corsage Ornament in diamonds” : : Could it be the Coronation Cockade? Or Queen : Adelaide’s Diamond Brooch? : It is NOT Queen Victoria’s Fringe Brooch, : since Hugh Roberts, in The Queen’s Diamonds : , mentions that the Fringe Brooch was a : private jewel, which was left to Queen : Alexandra, from whom it passed to Queen Mary : in 1926, then to Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth in : 1936, then to Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. : : : : 4) An emerald and diamond belt , coming : from the treasure of the Maharajahs of : Punjab : : : : More information from the Royal Collection’s : website: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/11291/emerald-girdle-of-maharajah-sher-singh : + a HQ pic: : : http://cdn.royalcollection.org.uk/cdn/farfuture/GhvB-lp-6bObi-5zZNwnfjfRl56K-LKZDPsvUZt2DG4/mtime:1392955660/sites/royalcollection.org.uk/files/collection-online/d/3/11291/fdd31409e8c993ecab452b5f58d755f8.jpg : : 5) The Timur Necklace : : An Indian necklace made of three spinels, : among them the 352-carat “Timur”. This : necklace was part of the treasures of the : Maharajahs of Punjab. : : : : More information from the Royal Collection’s : website: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?object=100017&row=0&detail=about : : 6) Two brilliant necklaces made of 32 and : 45 collet diamonds : : The 32-collet diamond necklace must be the : “Coronation necklace” . This one has now : only 25 collets, but Hugh Roberts mentions : that it has been shortened several times : (and confirms it was designated as heirloom : of the Crown). : This necklace had a 22.60 carat pendant : hanging from it, which can be identified as : the “Lahore Diamond” (a pear-shaped diamond : which was previously mounted on the Timur : necklace; Roberts mentions that the Lahore : diamond was marginally recut for the 1937 : coronation, losing 0.12 carat, to 22.48 : carats). : : : : I have no information about the 45-collet : diamond necklace. : : 7) 154 unmounted collet diamonds : : We have seen that these diamond collets were : marked with a ‘C’ (for ‘Crown’) in 1911 and : were used occasionally by Queen Mary “ for : extending existing collet necklaces ” : (Roberts). 105 of these collet diamonds were : used in 1950 by King George VI to make the : Festoon necklace , worn at least once by : Queen(-Mother) Elizabeth (in 1950), and : frequently by Queen Elizabeth II since 1952. : : : : 8) Two rows of pearls, made of 46 and 50 : pearls : : These are the necklaces known as “Queen : Anne and Queen Caroline’s Necklaces” . They : are always worn together (though they do not : have a common clasp) and were presented to : Princess Elizabeth as a wedding gift in 1947 : by her father (which is surprising, as they : are “heirlooms of the Crown”); the Queen : wore them on her wedding day in 1947 and has : regularly worn them since then. : : : : More information from the Royal Collection’s : website: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/royalwedding1947/object.asp?object=200185%2D6&row=54&detail=about : : 9) A necklace made of 81 pearls : : I do not identify this necklace. : : 10) A necklace made of 116 pearls : : I do not identify this necklace. : : 11) A four-row pearl necklace of 55, 55, 56 : and 56 pearls : : Twining/Meylan mention this necklace comes : from the treasure of the Maharajahs of : Punjab. : I do not identify this necklace. : : 12) The Duchess of Kent’s Amethyst and : Diamond Parure : : This parure, which belonged to Queen : Victoria’s mother, the Duchess of Kent, : comprises a necklace, three brooches (two of : which seem to have been mounted on the : necklace to increase its length), a pair of : earrings and two hair combs. The Queen has : worn the full parure (without the hair : combs, though) only twice in the mid-1980s, : but has regularly worn the brooch on her : daily outfits. : : : : 13) 21 rings : : Twining/Meylan mentions some of them are : ornated with mottos or miniatures. : : 14) Four bracelets with miniature portraits : or hair lockets : : I do not identify these bracelets. : : 15) Three bow-shaped diamond brooches : : These are the set of three bow brooches (two : large and one smaller) called “Queen : Victoria’s Bow Brooches” by the Royal : Collection. They have been regularly worn by : all Queens since Victoria. : : : : 16) Six diamond brooches in the shape of : wheat-ears : : They have been occasionally worn by the : Queen, but never the full set. : : : : 17) A brooch with a round 313-carat tiger’s : eye : : I have little information about this brooch, : and only one B&W picture (sorry, I don’t : remember who has posted it first on this : board – maybe Nellie?). : : : : 18) Two pairs of diamond earrings : : One of them must be the pair of earrings : matching the “Coronation Necklace” . The two : pear-shaped pendants were previously mounted : as side pendants on the Timur Necklace, : along the “Lahore Diamond” as central : pendant. : : : : More information from the Royal Collection’s : website: : : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/diamonds-a-jubilee-celebration/the-coronation-earrings : : The other one must be the earrings known as : “Queen Victoria’s Stud Earrings” . : : : : 19) A pair of emerald and diamond earrings : : They must be the earrings called “Queen : Victoria’s Fringe Earrings” by Leslie Field, : who describes them as “ a pair of diamond : earrings whose emerald drops [are] framed : by a swinging diamond fringe ”. The present : Queen has worn them only rarely. : : : : 20) A pair of ruby and diamond earrings : : I do not identify these earrings. : : 21) Prince Albert’s Brooch : : A well-known brooch, and one of the : favourite brooches of the Queen. : : : : 22) Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee : Necklace and Earrings : : A pearl and diamond necklace presented to : Queen Victoria as a Golden Jubilee Gift in : 1888 (the gift was presented with some : delay). : : : : 23) Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Brooch : : A pearl and diamond brooch presented to : Queen Victoria by the gentlemen and ladies : of her Household in 1897. It was probably : the most favourite brooch of Queen Elizabeth : the Queen-Mother, who wore very frequently : throughout her life. : : : : 24) Several decorations coming from Prince : Albert . : : : I hope this can help, and that other posters : will be able to identify the jewels I can : not identify. : : Cheers, : : Arthur : : : --Previous Message-- : Does anyone have a list of the jewels Queen : Victoria left to the crown. I have never : seen it. : : : : : : : :
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