Royal Pearl an diamond necklace, pearl brooches with pendant, pearl and pair of diamond ear pendants.
On her marriage the Princess Alice received some costly royal presents, including a pearl and diamond brooch, with pearl pendant, from Messrs. Hancock’s, a royal gift of Her Majesty The Queen.
In 1867 the Hereditary Grand Duchess Alice, was painted by Winterhalter, wearing the pearl and diamond cluster brooch as pendant on her neck on a black velvet ribbon.
The pearl brooch-pendant, with detachable natural white pearl drop suspended from a two-stone diamond line to the pearl surmount within twin old mine-cut diamond surround of 15 large old mine diamonds and 15 smaller diamonds. Mounted in silver and gold 5,8cm long, one of the wedding gifts from her mother.
A second pearl cluster brooch the natural white pearl drop suspended from a diamond two-stone line to the old mine-cut diamond and pearl cluster mounted in silver and gold, made ca 1870, 5 cm long, which was later also in the possession of the Marquess of Milford-Heaven.
And matching earrings with pearl and diamond clusters. Each a two stone diamond pearl cluster, mounted in silver and gold made in 1860-1870, a later gift from Queen Victoria.
A string of pearls with an diamond and perl clasp made ca 1870 of forty-seven natural white pearls measuring from 5.2mm to 14.2mm to the old mine-cut diamond clasp with pearl centre, mounted in silver and gold, 48cm long. In the picture above and also probably worn by Alice the Grand Duchess of Hesse. This pearl set are later known as the Battenberg-Pearls.
Sources: Liverpool Mercury; „In der neuen Heimat“;Alice Großherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein(Briefe an ihre Mutter Königin Victoria)Verlag Arnold Bergsträsser, Darmstadt, 1884;Christies;The Times;Sheffield Independent;Court circular;Morning Post;Royal Collection; Hessian Tapestry;
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