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Queen Mary's Edinburgh Diamond Thistle Pendant | 1911 Royal Jewels History| British Royal Jewels Queen Mary England
In the weeks following the Coronation in 1911, The King and the Queen reviewed the Royal Navy Fleet at Spithead, Portsmouth and visited Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales as part of continued celebrations.
THISTLE CHAPEL
Their Majesties were received at the Royal Pavilion by Lord Provost, Sir William Brown and Lady Brown, Lord and Lady Pentland, and others, and after the usual presentations arid a brief statement by the Lord Provost, the King proceeded to lay the foundation stone. The Royal party them moved across to the other aide of the arena, and the Queen, who was attired in the pale green satin robe in which she had appeared at the Thistle Chapel ceremony, laid the memorial stone, amid enthusiastic cheering. On returning to the pavilion, the King was graciously pleased to accept the silver trowel and silvermounted oait mallet. with which lie had laid the foundation stone.
Queen Mary were presented an ivory mallet enriched with gold and cairngorms and a very beautiful diamond emerald pendant in thistle design, an offering from the corporation.
Her King and Queen in the course of their visit Edinburgh and is hoped that these will prove acceptable souvenirs for heir Majesties of a pleasant tour in this Scottish capital. In accordance with custom, souvenirs of the Usher Hall memorial sione ceremony will be presented : A mallet will be offered to the King by tlie builders. This souvenir, which is being made by Messrs W. Hamilton & Son, George Street, Edinburgh, is to be of historical oak, ornamented with Scottish silver from the Wanlockhead mines. A cairngorm will form the end of the handle. The mallet will be enclosed in a casket of wood and silver, the wood being taken from Allan Ramsays house in the North Bridge. The silver work, both of casket and mallet, will be in a Celtic design. A silver trowel to be presented to the-King by the architects is being made in Leicester.
It is expected that at the Usher Hall ceremony an ivory mallet, with gold ornamentation will be presented to the Queen by the Dean of Guild and his colleagues.
Another- interesting and handsome souvenir of the Usher Hall ceremony will be presented to the Queen by the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town Council. It will take the form of a pendant. A certain sentiment surrounds the gift, a primary stipulation of its manufacture being that it should be made by Scottish workmen in a Scottish workshop.
The pendant is fashioned after the Thistle, with two leaves forming the central device. The blow of the thistle is formed by a large emerald, and the leaves are set with brilliants. A pear-shaped emerald is set above and below, and on either side of the Scottish national flower, and surrounding these four emeralds is a setting of small diamonds. The whole is borne on an oblong foundation, with a border formed of alternate small square-cut emeralds and brilliants. The stones are set in platinum, which is pierced round the border to form a delicate lace-like design. The loop of the pendant is set with an emerald and two diamonds.The casket which is to enclose the address to be presented at Holyrood by the Lord Provost and Town Council is also being- made by Messrs. Brook & Son. is of silver, mounted on an Algerian onyx base. The four corners are formed by winged Giffins. In the centre of the front panel is a shield with an inscription. Beneath this shield is a winged head holding in its mouth a ring carrying festoons supported on either side. The lid is surmounted by a miniature model of an Imperial crown. The real panel bears the City arms .
Situated at the south-east corner of the Cathedral, with which it is connected by means of a lowvaulted ante-chapel, it is altogether worthy of the Noble Order which it is to accommodate. The chapel is 33ft. long, 17ft. wide, and 35ft. high to the apex of the vaulting, and has been designed in harmony with the decorated style of the architecture of that portion of the ancient fabric with which it is conjoined. At the west end has been placed the Kings stall, with, respectively to north and south, those of the two.special.knights, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught, flanked in turn by the stalls of the• senior knights—the Duke of Atholl and the Duke of Argyll. Ranged round the side walls are the stalls of the sixteen knight companions, each being of oak and surmounted by an elaborately carved canopy, upon which rests the. helmet and crest of the knight, coloured "proper" in , the. traditional manner. The stalls, which, from thefloor to the apex of the canopy measure fully left., give a most dignified aspect to the interior. The earliest and richest types die stall-plates of the knights at Windsor have been taken as models for those in the new chapel, these being executed in brass and champleve enamel. Above the stalls rise the windows, each filled with heraldic glass, with the exception of that in the apsidal east end, which is of a more ornate character. In the lowest light is the old Royal Arms of Scotland, above which is a figure of St. Andrew, and, higher still, two angels holding the cross. Below the window is inscribed the motto of the Order, " Nemo me impune lacessit." The Afternoons Females& This afternoon the King and Queen will each lay a memorial stone at the new Usher Hall.
Queen Mary's Edinburgh Diamond Thistle Pendant | 1911 Royal Jewels History| British Royal Jewels Queen Mary England
The picture of Queen Mary was taken in the year 1911, she is not often pictured wearing a pendant, she prefers more brooches. There is nothing known of the whereabout of the pendant.
Sources: Belfast News:Dundee Courier ; The Scotsman, Royal Collection; Gentlewonan; The Times;
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