The Princess received several significant jewels as wedding gifts
from the people of Scotland.
The gift from the Women of Glasgow was the "Thistle of Scotland
forming a corsage ornament in emeralds and diamonds. It was made by
Edwards and Sons, Court Jewellers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow."
In the 1970 Christie's catalogue, it was described as "an important
diamond and emerald brooch, of thistle design, composed of a brilliant-cut
diamond collet and a kite-shaped emerald forming the top of the thistle
with diamond leaves, diamond central bar terminating in a fan-shaped
motif" selling for £2700.
Source: Christie's. Catalogue of Highly Important
Jewels. October 7, 1970.
It was described in The Times 25 November 1921 as "a beautiful,
single-stone square-cut emerald". In the 1970 Christie's sale
of the Princess Royal's jewels, a ring fitting this description was
sold for £9000 to Middlemas. "A fine rectangular emerald
mounted as a single-stone ring, with diamond five-stone shoulders
to the plain hoop."
Sources: The Times, 25 November 1921; Christie's. Catalogue
of Highly Important Jewels. October 7, 1970.
"Comprising a necklace, designed as a series of ten graduated
bezel-set cabochon emeralds with old mine-cut diamond cluster spacers;
a bracelet and pair of ear-pendants en suite, emerald collets circa
1890, diamond florets circa 1860, necklace 38.0 cm., bracelet 18.5
cm., in a late 19th century red leather fitted case (accompanied by
two additional emerald links)" auctioned by Christies on 16 November
1999 Geneva for $60,211 (USD).
Provenance: H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953), wife of H.M. King George
V (1865-1936) H.R.H The Princess Royal (1897-1965) and thence by descent.
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