The collection, by the way, runs largely to pearls, which are seen in rings, pins, brooches, and almost every other form of jewelry. The rope of pearls is made up of 229 gems, every one a thing of beauty, all artistically graduated on a single rope. Twenty-six collet brilliants fill up the center, surmounted by a great pear-shaped diamond of dazzling luster. Sprays of diamond foliage bank the sides. The fifteen drops depend from a band of lovely diamonds.
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The necklace is composed of fifteen huge drops, each comprising a bouton pearl, a large brilliant, and a very large and wonderful pear-shaped pearl. The three most important items of the collection are a pearl and brilliant necklace, a brilliant tiara, and a great rope of pearls. Great bunches of pearls, wonderful aggregations of diamonds, superb examples of rubies, emeralds, and sapphires greet the eye, and constitute a picture of extreme loveliness. Viewed as a collection, as they appear in the show cases, brilliantly lighted by electric lamps, it seems almost impossible that they should have been the property of one woman, and that woman not of very high rank in life. Experts say the sale of these rare gems, which will take place on Monday, will rank with the Dudley Gordon Lennox and Anglesey dispersals. Such a display of precious stones has not often been seen in a London auction room nor anywhere else. Lewis-Hill, better known by her first married name, Mrs. There were placed on view yesterday at Christie’s the dazzling jewels which were the personal ornaments of the late Mrs. by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment A version of this post originally appeared at A Tiara a Day in October 2013.Ĭategories // denmark, Greenland, magpie of the month Jewel History: Brilliant Gems to Be Sold (1907)
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Queen Margrethe II at the 2013 New Year’s Levee by Danny Martindale for Getty Images.ģ. Queen Margrethe II at the 2013 New Year’s Levee by Danny Martindale for Getty Images.Ģ. Margrethe was reportedly delighted by this new set of jewelry, and I think it’s safe to say that we’ll see her sporting this one on a fairly regular basis. The tiara made its first official appearance at the New Year’s Levee in Denmark in 2013. The name of the tiara, Naasut, translates roughly to “flowers from Greenland.” It’s never been officially said, but I think I can detect a small link to one of Margrethe’s other tiaras in the design of this diadem: there appear to be small golden poppies in the design that look an awful lot like the poppies in the tiara designed for Margrethe by Arje Griegst. While gold is the overwhelming element in the tiara’s construction, there are also diamonds and rubies scattered amid the flowers that make up the piece.
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The tiara also has a coordinating pair of earrings. It was designed by Nicolai Appel, a Greenlandic goldsmith, and was presented to Margrethe in June of 2012 by a member of Greenland’s parliament. Appropriately, the demi-parure was Greenland’s gift to the queen on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of her reign. The gold that the tiara is composed of actually comes from melted-down coins, all of which were originally made with gold mined from Greenland. Made of bright yellow gold, the tiara is designed with several modern floral motifs. Paul’s Cathedral in London, where there is a chapel for the order in the cathedral crypt. The best chance to see Knights and Dames Grand Cross in all their finery (like the Queen, pictured above in 2012) is at the prayer service for the order, held every four years at St. Most of the collar days are religious festivals, but collars are also worn on the Queen’s accession day (February 6), Prince Philip’s birthday (June 10), Restoration Day (May 29), and Coronation Day (June 2). On the order’s “collar days,” the badge is worn suspended from the collar by Knights and Dames Grand Cross. The collar is made of gold and features the royal arms interspersed with the cypher of George V. (Interestingly, this is one of the orders of chivalry that does not include sashes as a part of the insignia.)
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It features an embroidered version of the order’s eight-pointed star, which features portraits of King George V and Queen Mary encircled by the order’s motto. (The star can also be worn by Knights and Dames Commander you can see Dame Angela’s star behind her badge above.) The mantle, pictured above on Queen Elizabeth II (the sovereign of the order), is made of red silk (Debrett’s calls the specific color “rose pink” ) with a gray lining. Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the order are entitled to wear the order’s mantle, collar, and star.