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Queen Mary’s Women of Hampshire Brooch

Friday, 23 February 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Queen Mary’s Women of Hamshire Brooch consists of a “pavé-set top with claw-set collet brilliants in the form of a foliage spray, with hinged loop for use as a pendant, suspending three bell-flowers, from which hang a pavé-set baroque pearl and two pear-shaped diamond pendants with open-back settings; the pearl and diamond drops are detachable.” [read more]

The Cullinan V Brooch

Friday, 9 February 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Cullinan V Brooch consists of a “heart-shaped stone in a pierced collet and claw setting, mounted on a fine radiating platinum web, in symmetrically scrolling and foliate millegrain and pavé-set brilliant border.” Embed from Getty Images The heart-shaped stone was one of the six numbered diamonds given to Queen Mary by the government and [read more]

The Cullinan IX Ring

Friday, 2 February 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Cullinan IX ring consists of a “pear-shaped diamond in open-work 12-claw setting, with plain loop.” Embed from Getty Images The Cullinan IX was the smallest of the stones cut from the Cullinan diamond. This diamond was given to Queen Mary in 1910 by the government of South Africa. Queen Mary had it set in [read more]

The King Luis Diamond Tiara

Friday, 26 January 2024, 6:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The King Luis Diamond Tiara was a wedding gift from King Luís I of Portugal to Amélie of Orléans upon her marriage to his son, the future King Carlos I of Portugal. It consisted of diamonds set in silver and gold with a fleur-de-lis motif and rows of diamond necklaces. It remained in her property [read more]

The Queen’s Crown

Wednesday, 10 January 2024, 5:00 Moniek Bloks 0

While we didn’t see Queen Mary being crowned with the Queen’s Crown, it was used for the Queen’s coronation for over 100 years. This crown was made in 1731 for Queen Sophie Magdalene (born of Brandenburg-Kulmbach) as she refused to wear the crown of her predecessor, Anna Sophie Reventlow, whom she hated. The crown was [read more]

The Danish Emerald Parure

Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 5:00 Moniek Bloks 0

The Emerald Parure is part of the Danish Crown Jewels, so we might soon see Queen Mary wearing this. The set consists of a tiara, necklace, brooch and earrings. It was made in 1840 by CM Weisshaupt on the orders of Queen Caroline Amalie (born of Augustenburg, although the emeralds were originally a gift from [read more]