For Beth1 - sorry, late message Archived Message
Posted by Barbara D.  on January 12, 2015, 1:04 am, in reply to "For those who collect QEII's brooch images plus some additions" |
Edit: Sorry, I was too slow - while preparing the enlargments of the brooches, Arthur already posted the same brooch... Thank you for those two pictures of a radiant young Queen - both were unknown to me.
I'm convinced it's the same brooch in both pictures, they only look different because of the light and the angle. The jewel looks like the one given to (then) Princess Elizabeth as a birthday present from her parents (photograph of the brooch from royalcollection.org.uk)
Caption by RC: Sapphire, diamond, emerald, amethyst and ruby brooch / Cartier, London / Given by the Duke of York (the future King George VI) to the Duchess of York (the future Queen Elizabeth, later The Queen Mother) in 1928 and to Princess Elizabeth by her parents as a birthday present during the Second World War.
The brooches enlarged:
From Cocos Islands (left) / from Townsville (right)
 
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