Fascinating changes Archived Message
Posted by Beth1 on November 7, 2014, 4:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Princess Marina of Kent's diamond girandole earrings"
Thank you Arthur and Nellie for these superb photos. The Christie's catalogue and Phillip's site show some very interesting changes to the earrings. When sold at auction in 2000 the four largest diamonds had been replaced by imitation diamonds. I wonder who had them replaced? The Duke of Kent? The Phillip's site shows that real diamonds are now in the earrings. Originally, the stud section of the earrings was set with a round diamond and one circle of small diamonds. Now that there are real diamonds replacing the fakes, a cushion shaped diamond is in the stud section and there are two circles of small diamonds.
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