Re: Another unknown (to me) jewel of Queen Mary Archived Message
Posted by Arthur on June 5, 2016, 4:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Another unknown (to me) jewel of Queen Mary"
It looks like a ruby, emerald and diamond pendant presented as a wedding gift by Queen Victoria to her 3rd daughter Princess Helena, when the latter married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein in 1863. The ruby, the emerald pendant and the seven diamonds were taken from Indian jewels previously received by Queen Victoria: http://royal-magazin.de/england/helena-princess-christian/helena-emeralds.htm Princess Helena died in 1923. Could she have bequeathed this particular pendant to the then Queen consort, Queen Mary (her niece-in-law), rather than to her own children?
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