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7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry

Posted by Karen on April 12, 2024, 12:48 pm

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Posted by karenl on April 13, 2024, 12:11 am, in reply to "7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

Watching this video, it shows that the jewelry worn by QEII wasn't even a fraction of the collection of jewels in the "vault." That's interesting about the Love Trophy Collar, I thought, for some reason, it had been broken up, it really is a stunning piece. All of the pieces featured are stunning.

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Posted by Nellie on April 13, 2024, 1:25 am, in reply to "Re: 7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

The Oriental circlet is an heirloom of the Crown (according to Roberts in The Queen's Diamonds) but so much of all that stunnng jewellery has been personal property.
"Personal property" is not the Royal Collection which functions these days in the manner of a museum (I believe).

Quote:
"The Royal Collection is held in trust by The King as Sovereign for his successors and the nation. It is not owned by him as a private individual."
Source, website of the Royal Collection Trust which looks after the Royal Collection:
https://www.rct.uk/collection/about-the-collection

I hope one day we will learn, officially, where the personal jewellery of Queen Elizabeth II now belongs.
I have the feeling - just a feeling - that it was not all inherited by the King. Probably some but not all.
Arrangements could have been put in place in the late Queen's lifetime.
But until something is published, authoritively, there is mostly speculation, and confusion with the Royal Collection.

Afterthought: perhaps that Turquoise tiara was not personal property of Princess Margaret.

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Posted by Carolyn on April 13, 2024, 12:00 pm, in reply to "Re: 7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

I think the turquoise tiara is unusual because those stones aren't seen much in European collections. I always think of them as part of the Southwestern American Indians. They produce beautiful pieces.

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Posted by Cynthia on April 13, 2024, 12:41 pm, in reply to "Re: 7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

Turquoise also comes from Iran, which is the original source for many European pieces of jewelry until the New World source was really developed. Didn't Farah Dibah have a huge turquoise parure when the Pahlavis were still in Iran?

Farah Dibah

Posted by Karen on April 13, 2024, 1:14 pm, in reply to "Re: 7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

Yes she did.

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Posted by karenl on April 13, 2024, 3:12 pm, in reply to "Farah Dibah"

This set is still in Iran and displayed at the Iran Central Bank along with several other pieces. There's also the Iran National Jewel Museum, which has on display the various State Crowns and the Peacock Throne among the other State Jewels.

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Posted by Carolyn on April 13, 2024, 2:29 pm, in reply to "Re: 7 Stunning Pieces of British Royal Jewelry"

I didn't know that turquoise also came from Iran. Learn something new every day!

One of my sisters in Tucson had quite a collection of it. All mounted in silver.

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