Re: Indian jewellery worn by Queen Victoria Archived Message
Posted by Peter  on November 23, 2016, 12:17 am, in reply to "Indian jewellery worn by Queen Victoria"
Thank you, Beth for such colorful pieces. So good for the eyes. Anyway, I wonder if these still can be worn by British royals or they just belonged in the Collection for display?
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: Finding descriptions of jewels given to Queen
: Victoria by various Indian Princes (other
: than the Koh-i-noor and the Indian pearls)
: is difficult.
:
: For a Drawing Room HM was reported by the
: Times 1 March 1878 as wearing
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: I suspect that the necklace may be the one
: described by Twinning
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:
:
: even though the necklace described by
: Twinning has 3 chains of gold and not pearls
: as described in the newspaper.
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: The necklace described by Twinning has been
: documented by the Royal Collection (RCIN
: 11355)
:
: https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/11355/necklace
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: I wonder what the tiara of Indian pearls
: could have been? If it was the one below I
: would have expected some mention of the
: rubies in the description.
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: RCIN 11356
: https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/11356/tiara
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