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]
Queen Mary’s Richmond Brooch consists of a “pierced and scrolled outline, pavé-set with brilliant, with a detachable oval pearl and brilliant centre, and a detachable pavé-set pearl pendant; with suspension loop at the top for use as a pendant, and with two loops at the bottom for additional pendants.” The brooch was given to the [read more]
The Duchess of Teck’s Emperor of Austria Brooch is “formed as a plaited circle, with pearl centre and 12 brilliant in cut-down collet settings around the edge, suspending a collet chain and three detachable baroque pearl pendants.” The brooch was given to Princess Mary Adelaide, the Duchess of Teck, by Emperor Franz Joseph I of [read more]
The Duchess of Gloucester’s Pendant Earrings were inherited by Princess Mary Adelaide, future Duchess of Teck, from her aunt, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, in 1857. They were then passed to her daughter, the future Queen Mary, upon her death in 1897. The earrings each have a “detachable pendant pearl suspended from cut-down collets, within [read more]
Queen Mary’s Love Trophy Collar was made in March 1901 for the future Queen Mary when she was Duchess of Cornwall and York. The collar is “formed of seven brilliant-set panels, each with an amatory trophy of bow, quiver and torch in a laurel-wreath oval suspended from a ribbon-tie, framed by foliate brilliant-set bands.” The [read more]
One of the little-known gems of the British royal family’s jewellery collection is Queen Mary’s Town of Windsor Ring. It was a wedding present for the future Queen Mary from the town of Windsor in 1893. It was reset for her in 1924. It was bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1953 and [read more]
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