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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #420 on: May 29, 2007, 01:52:28 PM »
The Williamson was well worth seeing..........



I know that I have criticised this piece, comparing it unfavourably with the more contemporary design of the collection of the Duchess of Windsor, but it really has to be seen to be believed.

It is reportedly the finest example of a pink diamond in the World - all 23.6 carats of it, and pink diamonds are apparently rare.  It is quite a large piece and it was omnly close to that I appreciated the quality of the setting.  Designed as a jonquil shaped flower, of which the pink diamond is the heart, it has curved petals of noisette -cut diamonds, stems of baguettes and two large noisettes as leaves.

The colour of the pink diamond is really exquisite.
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #421 on: May 29, 2007, 07:47:12 PM »
Very nice to me...even in photos.  ;)
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #422 on: May 30, 2007, 07:36:25 AM »
I particularly loved the Cullinan V brooch and the other brooch set with Cullinan VII and VIII.

The style of these two brooches, with their gentle scrolls and tiny leaves, is perhaps quite conventional and very much of the era of the 'garland' style.  However, the setting of the Cullinan V brooch is designed to show off the beauty of the stone and does so to perfection.  This 18.8 carat heart-shaped stone is superb and May had a particular fondness for this piece, ensuring that it had many uses for both day toilettes and evening ones; it has featured as part of May's Cambridge emerald stomacher as well as the central section of the cross pattee on her crown for the 1937 Coronation.

                 

The Cullinan VII and VIII brooch was made at the same time as the Cullinan V (roughly around 1910-11) and has two really beautiful stones from the Cullinan cleavings.


Both really gorgeous pieces, it was such a treat to see them close up.
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #423 on: May 30, 2007, 07:45:43 AM »
Another really nice piece was this ruby and diamond necklace, which used to be part of the Baring family collection, and which I think was bought by the Queen in the 60's.

She doesn't seem to wear it often, preferring another short ruby and diamond necklace that is far inferior in style, in my opinion.  The necklace shown is mid 19th century and I think that the Queen has been photographed wearing it in recent memory, but not often.  She never seems to wear the lovely George VI ruby and diamond bandeau necklace any more.....

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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #424 on: May 30, 2007, 01:11:23 PM »
I was also quite surprised to see the 'Rose of York' bracelet included in the Exhibition.



This was a gift to May, originally in the form of a pendant depicting the Rose of York in rubies and diamonds, from her husband at their wedding in 1893.  She subsequently wore it as a brooch and then in 1947 gave it to the present Queen in its current form - the rose centrepiece set in the middle of a gold cuff bracelet with bands of ruby and diamond leaves - as a wedding present.

It is a lovely bracelet and the merging of the two pieces is such that it is impossible to tell that the two component parts date from fifty years apart.  I am sure that this must be a much loved piece in the Queen's collection......
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #425 on: May 30, 2007, 07:09:04 PM »
A review of rubies...

Wearing the necklace that was in "Dress for the Occasion" and just remarked upon by Martyn.






Wearing the George VI ruby and diamond bandeau necklace.






Wearing another necklace, possibly the inferior one mentioned by Martyn.  How I detest the fact that this photo has been 'flipped' and that the Garter sash and the family orders seem to be on the wrong side... >:(







My thanks to all the posters who have willingly shared these images in the past.   :-*   :-*   :-*


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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #426 on: May 30, 2007, 07:20:34 PM »
Quote from: emeraldeyes on May 30, 2007, 07:09:04 PM
A review of rubies...

Wearing the necklace that was in "Dress for the Occasion" and just remarked upon by Martyn.




And with the Rose of York bracelet Martyn just wrote about.  :)
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #427 on: May 30, 2007, 07:28:21 PM »
Quote from: emeraldeyes on May 30, 2007, 07:09:04 PM
Wearing another necklace, possibly the inferior one mentioned by Martyn.  How I detest the fact that this photo has been 'flipped' and that the Garter sash and the family orders seem to be on the wrong side... >:(

Does this help, EE?  :)

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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #428 on: May 30, 2007, 08:17:06 PM »


OMG, it's spreading!!!!!!  Everyone run to your photo banks and try to put a containment field around them. 

I'm about to have a conniption!   :o 

Photo flippin' - just one of the many reasons I may need therapy soon.  It's hard when you're a stickler like me.   :-\

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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #429 on: May 30, 2007, 08:36:51 PM »





What is the clip/pin in her hair? I've never seen her wear that piece before. Anyone have the history behind it?

Mary R.
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #430 on: May 30, 2007, 08:42:24 PM »
The ear of wheat booch belonged to Queen Victoria's collection and passed down.  ;)
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #431 on: May 30, 2007, 08:46:56 PM »
Field has this to say: 

"In 1830 King William IV ordered six brooches that could also be worn as hair ornaments.  They were made from diamonds that had belonged to his father, King George III, and were replicas of wheat ears, a popular motif of the period.  In her will Queen Victoria designated them as Crown jewellery."
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #432 on: May 30, 2007, 08:48:28 PM »
Wonder what happen to the other 5 ?  ;)
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #433 on: May 30, 2007, 08:55:18 PM »
If they're Crown pieces, they're no doubt languishing in some forgotten corner of the jewel coliseum beneath Buck House.
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Re: Windsor Jewels Part 5
« Reply #434 on: May 30, 2007, 09:31:36 PM »
Quote from: Martyn on May 30, 2007, 07:45:43 AM
She never seems to wear the lovely George VI ruby and diamond bandeau necklace any more.....

Well, it does require a bit of décolletage; HM hasn't worn anything nearly low-cut enough for decades.

We'll llikely have to wait until the Duchess of Cornwall has it at her disposal before we see it once more.   :P
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