Queen Elizabeth II - Brooches 2: Nov 2009-Dec 2015

[muriel]

Wonder what brooch surprises The Queen might have for us, during her Australian tour of 11 days, starting this Wednesday.

I suspect we will definately get to see the Wattle. Any others with an Aussie significance?

 

[Tarlita]

Yes the Queen Mums hibiscus brooch from the 1950s.

 

[muriel]

Queen Elizabeth II Pictures - Queen Elizabeth II And Duke of Edinburgh Visit Australia - Day 1 - Zimbio

See attached pictures of HM on arrival in Australia. Does anybody have any information as to the provenance of the brooch?

 

[KittyAtlanta]

It is the Australian Wattle brooch. A gift, in 1954, to HMQEII from the Australian government.

 

[Tarlita]

This wattle brooch has many rare yellow diamonds in it. In this country we have a great many different species of native wattle trees. In June/July/August [our winter months] in many places the sides of the highways are in full bloom of yellow wattle. It is a pretty sight.

 

[Madame Royale]

It is a pretty sight.

It is, especially for those who don't suffer from hay fever. Thankfully, I don't.

 

[muriel]

It is the Australian Wattle brooch. A gift, in 1954, to HMQEII from the Australian government.

many thanks. I had thought the Wattle brooch had some darker stones in it, but clearly I was wrong.

 

[muriel]

Queen Elizabeth II Pictures - Queen Elizabeth II And Duke of Edinburgh Visit Australia - Day 2 - Zimbio

A bit of royal tutti-frutti from HM on Day 2 of the Aussie trip

 

[KittyAtlanta]

This wattle brooch has many rare yellow diamonds in it. In this country we have a great many different species of native wattle trees. In June/July/August [our winter months] in many places the sides of the highways are in full bloom of yellow wattle. It is a pretty sight.

I would imagine that the yellow diamonds would also be native to Australia. So many of the beautiful colored diamonds are mined. I am lucky to have a 1/4 carat pink from the Argyle.

 

[Alyend]

Queen Elizabeth has worn a pearl brooch today in Canberra visiting the grounds of Government House:
Royal Visit to Australia 2011 Gallery | Facebook
Do you know something about it? I think I've never seen it before.

 

[rubies]

I love the pink and turquoise!......and dare I say it? Is that a different brooch on HM than I have seen? (nice on the 1/4 ct pink Kitty!!)

 

[Alyend]

Do you think it's a new brooch? It may be a gift fron the Australian govenment?

 

[muriel]

Do you think it's a new brooch? It may be a gift fron the Australian govenment?

The brooch is question was made by Cartier and was a present to HM from her parents in 1945. See link below from the Royal Collection

Queen Elizabeth II Pictures - Queen Elizabeth II And Duke of Edinburgh Visit Australia - Day 2 - Zimbio

Royal Collection - Dress for the Occasion

 

[Warren]

HM wore the Cartier Flower Brooch while visiting the Floriade [flower] Festival, and is, as so often, appropriate for the occasion.

 

[Alyend]

I didn't mean the flower brooch. Iwas talking about the pearl brooch she wore visiting the grounds of Government House

 

[KittyAtlanta]

I don't think I've seen the pearl, diamond and platinum(?) one in the latest photo, either. The style indicates it could have been made anywhere from 1900 to last week. Puzzlement.

 

[GillW]

The litle pearl brooch is one that used to belong to her mother.http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1319119236.html

 

[salma]

Visit to Australia

Images have been cropped and are not subject of copyright

 

[joye]

The Queen has worn the diamond Jardine star brooch to The War Memorial, Canberra.
Interesting brown outfit, with covered buttons, which I have not seen before, that is the buttons.

 

[Alyend]

And yesterday she has worn another beautiful brooch, I think it was part of the Queen Mother's collection:
Royal Visit to Australia 2011 Gallery | Facebook

 

[ldmemail]

Such a joy to see Her Majesty wearing the Waterfall Brooch this evening at the State Banquet for the Turkish President!

 

[Warren]

Queen Victoria's Fringe (Waterfall) Brooch


First (known) wearing of the Fringe - aka Waterfall - brooch by the Queen.
Unsurprisingly, it is no accident the brooch made it's debut appearance on HM at the Turkish State Banquet: it includes diamonds presented to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Turkey in 1856.

According to the list of 'Jewels left to the Crown by Queen Victoria' appearing in 'The Royal Jewels' by Suzy Menkes, the brooch was not "left to the Crown".
It therefore remains the personal property of HM.

Queen Victoria's Fringe (Waterfall) Brooch
v 1 & 2: State Banquet, November 2011, worn as originally intended (thumbnails cropped from much larger images and not subject to copyright)
v 3: Fringe or Waterfall brooch (© The Royal Collection, reproduction permitted in reference to the 2012 exhibition "Diamonds - A Jubilee Celebration")

 

[muriel]

Very good to see HM dig this very special brooch out. Interestingly she chose to not use it when she visited Turkey a few years ago.
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[DavidJ]

In the Turkish State Visit Exhibition gallery the last item is an emerald and diamond brooch given by Sultan Mahmud II to Queen Victoria in 1838:

Turkey State Visit Exhibition Gallery

I've not seen this before and quite like it. It's a shame that it isn't worn, does any one have a photo of it ever having been worn?

 

[Baroness of Books]

First (known) wearing of the Fringe - aka Waterfall - brooch by the Queen.
Unsurprisingly, it is no accident the brooch made it's debut appearance on HM at the Turkish State Banquet: it includes diamonds presented to Queen Victoria by the Sultan of Turkey in 1856.

I love the subtlety of the messages that is conveyed when HM wears brooches, so that's an interesting fact about those being Turkish diamonds in the Waterfall Brooch. I can only imagine how those diamond strands must shimmer and spark with movement.

 

[PrincessKaimi]

I think the message is quite politic. It's something a Queen can do for diplomacy in a way no one else can do it.

 

[Alyend]

Yesterday Her Majesty has worn Queen Mary's hexagonal emerald and diamond brooch (the one she put also in the center of a tiara).
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/31669629387380730112315.jpg/
I think I've never seen HM Queen Elizabeth wearing that brooch. Do you know if she's worn it before?

 

[Warren]

A large and detailed image of the 'Delhi Durbar' emerald brooch can be found on the Royal Collection site.

Official description:
"Emerald and diamond brooch, probably Garrards.
Presented to Queen Mary at the [1911] Delhi Durbar by the Ladies of India and inherited by The Queen in 1953.
The large hexagonal emerald, in a gold and silver setting encircled by brilliant-cut diamonds, is carved with a rose on the front and a plant on the back."
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[GillW]

Yesterday Her Majesty has worn Queen Mary's hexagonal emerald and diamond brooch (the one she put also in the center of a tiara).
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I think I've never seen HM Queen Elizabeth wearing that brooch. Do you know if she's worn it before?

HM has worn this one only rarely and only in recent years:

01-Dec-10​

BP- ambassadors - Ambassador of Chile

21-Oct-09​

BP - Reception for the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps

02-Dec-08​

BP - Investitures - Des O'Connor

06-Dec-07​

BP - dignitories - Pres of Phillipines

01-Nov-07​

Visit by King Abdullah of Saudi - leaving

 

[Baroness of Books]

That's a magnificent example of the art of intaglio. It almost looks like a Tudor rose carved on the front.