I have just realised that the earrings I mentioned could not be the ones recently worn by QEII as the ones Arthur mentioned (no 20) in his list were left to the crown by Queen Victoria. Obviously the cold morning had frozen my brain.
--Previous Message-- : 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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