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by jewelerman » February 5th, 2008, 5:30 pm
Okay...found the answer to my own question...a little reserch on the net and my own library yielded this info....the necklace and earrings were a coronation gift to the young queen in 1953 and the stones took over a year to collect and match for the jewelry.The tiara was made years later to match the suit.I think the tiara was a big mistake.Any other info anyone can share?
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Whoever did the Queen''s make up on this one should be hung. Nevermind the awful tiara...I cant tear my eyes away from that white clown make up job. That is just all kinds of wrong. Like, international incident wrong! 
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I''ll fight you for the big one in the middle of the tiara LadyA!! Those things are GORGEOUS!!!!    
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When first made in 1957, the tiara consisted of the three upright rectangular stones (detachable for use as brooches), mounted on a simple platinum band. The large central stone was originally the pendant of the necklace given to The Queen by the President and People of Brazil in 1953 as a Coronation present. In 1971 the tiara was adapted to take four scroll ornaments from an aquamarine and diamond jewel given to The Queen by the Governor of São Paulo in 1968.
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The necklace and a matching pair of earrings were a Coronation gift to The Queen from the President and People of Brazil in 1953. The perfectly matched stones are in diamond and platinum settings. The original detachable pendant of the necklace was mounted in the centre of the tiara by Garrards and has been replaced by a smaller stone, also detachable.
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All preceding information on the pieces taken from the Royal Collection microsite ''Dress for the Occasion''.
If you go to the site you can ''zoomify'' these and other pieces to see amazing detail. Highly reccommended viewing for anyone who hasn''t come across it yet. The emerald pieces in particular are astonishing. http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/dressfortheoccasion/default.asp
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Another of my all-time fave tiaras.
The Vladimir Tiara, Russia, c.1890 Made for Grand Duchess Vladimir, aunt of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, the tiara was smuggled out of Russia during the Revolution by a British diplomat. In 1921 it was sold by the Grand Duchess’s daughter, Princess Nicholas of Greece, to Queen Mary, who adapted the tiara to take fifteen of the celebrated Cambridge emeralds as an alternative to the original pearls. The tiara was inherited by The Queen from her grandmother Queen Mary in 1953.
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One of my faves too. My favorite tidbit of info about the Cambridge emeralds is that they were won in a lottery! Can you imagine winning a big box of emeralds in a lottery? We should dig around and hunt up all the pictures of the pieces in which the Cambridge emeralds were eventually used. |
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Actually, I rather like it. Its huge.. but.. the colors are amazing. It doesn''t quite "fit" the Queen''s look, but wow, I wouldn''t snort at it for certain. :) I bet Camilla could pull it off.... |
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Shouldn''t be too hard to do, although the constant altering and re-setting of them by Queen Mary might make it a bit of a challenge.
Also legend does have it that one of the brooches is still with May''s brother''s mistress''s family. So Cambridge emeralds were used: Art Deco choker who most people would identify with Diana, Princess of Wales. (Sorry to opine here, but that headband was dreadful...) This was originally the necklace to the set. As drops in the Vladimir tiara. In the bracelet. As removable ''spikes'' for the Durbar tiara. Earrings. As pendants and centre stones on the stomacher. Most of the pieces can be found and zoomified on the link that I posted above.  The necklace with the negligée pendant commonly referred to as the Cambridge Emerald necklace is in fact properly called the Ladies of India necklace as it was a Durbar gift. Cambridge emeralds were not used in this piece. I have pics of Queen Mary in various versions of the parure but do not have access to them at this time. Perhaps this evening if no one manages to find anything before that time. 
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I have been told by those who saw the exhibition that the tiara does look a lot better in person. You may be right about Camilla wearing it better. I always think of the thing as ''monumental'' rather than beautiful; but of course it''s meant to portray majesty and I suppose it succeeds in that sense. |
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I really like Maxima too. She has such joie de vive and élan and wears jewels so well. It will be fun to watch her wear all those fabulous Dutch tiaras as the years go by...She makes Laurentien and Mabel look so hausfrau and gauche in comparison. |
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Didn''t Diana get the bracelet too? Or am I mistaken? I seem to remember an emerald bracelet that matched the art deco necklace that she wore early on a bit but not too often after that. |
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The choker is the only piece that is regularly mentioned as having gone to Diana as a wedding present (although I think both the choker and Lover''s Knot Tiara were really meant as ''lifetime loans''), however The Queen may have loaned her the/a bracelet for some specific occasions. I''ll try to find pics but as Diana was not overly enamored of emeralds the occasions are actually few and far between; pics can be a challenge to uncover.
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She borred quite a bit in the early days but that started to die down around Harry''s birth. She usually wore the emeralds with a green dress and she had two green gowns she wore fairly often in the early days. I''ll try to find pics. |