The Windsor and Cartier from the magazine royals Archived Message
Posted by Franck on October 30, 2015, 8:00 pm
Dear all,
Royals has made an article focus on jewels and Cartier.
This week it was base on the jewels from Cartier owned by the British royal family.
Please find a below a summary of the article from Christophe Vachaudez.
From Queen Alexandra :
_ 1901 : a necklace composed of 17 pearls, 94 emeralds and 13 cabochon rubies ; - From the document of Cartier "two collier resille" are made from Cartier ; - 1904 : resille collier made with 9 emeralds and 9 ruby as pendants ( photo of the necklace with these stones) - worn by Queen Mary and must be in the royal vault ; - 1907 - Emerald and diamond dig collar ; - 1909 - Edward VII gave her a "afabulous" pearl and diamond necklace with a double pendant : - 1909 - she acquired a "a fleur de lys" tiara ; - 1909 - she also acquired a watch "à mécanisme extra-plat enchâssée dans l'épaisseur d'une médaille frappée pour le couronnement de son époux ;
George VI and Queen Elizabth:
- December 25th 1923 - a sapphire and diamond bracelet ; - August 4th 1924 - a ruby and diamond bracelet ; - December 25th 1924 - a emerald and diamond bracelet ; - August 4th 1925 ; a diamond bracelet
These bracelet called the quinet can be transformed in a bandeau ; (seen)
- 1928 : a art déco "feuille" clip made with cabochon sapphires ; given to Elizabeth as an anniversary gift (18) ; (Seen) - 1936 - a halo tiara is given to Queen Elizabeth ; to given to Elizabeth as an anniversary gift (18); (seen) - 1938 - An art deco aquamarine and diamond tiara ; given to princess ann as a wedding gift in 1973 ; - 1938 - a brooch with a citrine, grenat, one peridot and one tourmaline from George vi to princess Margaret ; - 1938 - a palm-leaf brooch ; - 1938 - a lily brooch ; - 1940 - a sapphire and diamond bracelet with a central motif and 11 sapphires from the kind (might be the one described by Baxter) ; - From Margaret greville new information : She was also given an diamont bracelet made from Cartier. she had removed this braclet in 1943. With the firm, she incresaed the height of the Grevill tiara with adding diamonds
- a ruby and diamond bracelet composed of two collet of rubies and 3 collets of diamons - paid £ 2 900 by the King
- a double floral clip were made using diamond and rubies from Queen Elizabeth's collection of losse stones. Therefore, the Queen Mother's ruby and diamond's floral clips are not from the inheritance of Margaret Greville (new information) ; The aim of this clip was a match of the bracelet - 1945 : (in the same time) ceylan sapphires and diamonds floral brooch from the Kind to Queen Elizabeth ; - January 23th 1947 : aquamarine art deco clip made £ 175 by Queen Elizabeth - given for the birth of Lord Linley in 1961 to Princess Margaret - 1953 - Queen ELizabeth has made from Cartier a small tiara will lozange motifs/forms with diamonds held by the firm - It would by the only mistake or confusion with the Greville Tiara - strange considering that all the information given by christophe Vachaudez are correct and the the history of the Greville tiara is known. Therefore, it can be an othe tiara in her collection. I will try to contact Christophe Vachaudez to have more information.
Queen Elizabeth II
- 1941 : an indian emerald, cabochon rubies and saphirs floral brooch given by her parents ; - 1943 : an aquamarine, cabochon sapphire, rubies and diamonds brooch alos given by her parents ; - Her 18 anniversary and sapphire and diamond bracelet from he father ; - a double clip composed of sapphire, gold and diamond - idem (same but with rubies for her sister); - 1945 : a blue and red sapphires brooch from her parents ;
- Wedding gifts from Cartier : the Williamson diamond ; the Nizam of Hyderabad tiara ; the Nizam of Hyderabad necklace ;
- 1948 : the flower basket brooch ;
- 1950 : Princess Margaret received an snake gold watch with synthetical rubies for her 20 anniversary by her parents ;
- 1957 : the smallest watch frome the French president René Coty ; - 1961 : a ring with a 6.6 carat diamond is made (gift from Sierra Leone from a stone of 19.5 carats) ; - 1990 : a coral rose brooch given by the French Governement ;
Last but not least Christophe Vachaudez will also write an article concerning cartier and the royal families of "Du Siam à l'Espagne")