Posted by Arthur on September 4, 2014, 7:09 am, in reply to "Re: QEQM brooch"
I do not think this brooch can be described as a "spray", it looks too round, too compact.
You can see this floral brooch, made of diamond petals with a ruby centre, here, worn by the Queen Mother:
I know nothing about the history of this brooch. After the death of the Queen Mother, it was probably inherited by Queen Elizabeth II and, like most of QEQM's private jewels, was loaned to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who wore it at least twice:
In 2007 at the British Film Institute:
In February 2012 at Westminster Abbey for the 200th anniversary of the birth Charles Dickens:
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