Another match with a thistle brooch which was not know from which the Queen received this Ruby diamond brooch
August 1958
FIRST IN 400 YEARS The rose is the traditional „rent“ for the castle paid to the sovereign. The Queen was the first reigning monarch to visit this Argyllshire Resort in almost 400 years.
A number of gifts were presented to the Royal Couple
The Queen received a thistle brooch surmounted with hand-carved amethyst and set with diamonds from the town people of Dunoon. The naturalistic diamond thistle brooch is made with an emerald ribbon and carved amethyst bud.
…yesterday to welcome the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visited the resorts on their way to Balmoral to begin their summer holiday. Crowds standing six deep on the pavement were soaked by heavy rain an hour before the Royal couple arrived in Dunoon, Argyllshire, but shortly before the Royal barge reached the pier the sun broke through, and there was brilliant sunshine for the remainder of the tour. Waves of cheering greeted the Queen and the Duke as they stepped ashore at Dunoon from the Royal barge, which had brought them from the Royal yacht Britannia. The Queen delighted the crowd by walking 200 yards from the pier to Dunoon’s new civic pavilion. …..
Is another mystery solved?
The tiara which is worn by Elisabeth, Princesse de Belgique, Duchesse de Brabant,
Is probably an historic piece or „Lady Vesteys“ diamond scroll tiara, which is also similar to the pearl and diamond tiara of Empress Alexandra of Russia – she wore it with pearls.
The lost pearl jewellery of Empress Alexandra Feodorowna of Russia
More about the Tiaras of Belgium:
on display at London ….
The large Diamond Riviere with Diamond Pendant
Worn at the coronation in the year 1935 and 1953 from Lady Harcourt, see above.
The Queen’s Jewellery Victoria’s bow brooches
