The Cullinan III and IV Brooch consists of “a pear-shaped drop and a square-cut brilliant, linked together in fine pierced collet and claw settings.” Embed from Getty Images The brooch is formed of the third and fourth largest stones of the largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan diamond was offered to King Edward VII as [read more]
The Delhi Durbar Tiara was made in 1911 for Queen Mary and was the centrepiece of an emerald and diamond parure for the Delhi Durbar ceremony, meant to mark the succession of an Emperor of India. Embed from Getty Images The entire parure included the tiara, a necklace, a stomacher, a brooch and earrings. Most [read more]
Lady Arbella Stuart was considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I as the great-great-granddaughter of King Henry VII of England. She was born in 1575, and she lost her father, Charles Stuart, 5th Earl of Lennox when she was still an infant. Her mother, Elizabeth Cavendish, died when she was seven years old. Her [read more]
Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara is “formed from 47 graduated brilliant- and rose-set tapering bars, divided by 46 narrow spikes, set lozenge-fashion with nine graduated brilliants at the centre, diminishing to five at either side; de-mountable for use as a necklace.” The Fringe Tiara was made in 1919 for Queen Mary in the then-fashionable Russian kokoshnik [read more]
Schloss Nymphenburg is one of Bavaria’s magnificent palaces. Construction of the palace was begun by Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, and he intended it as a gift for his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, after the birth of their son, the future Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, in 1662. It was Henriette Adelaide who [read more]
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]
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