Royal Turquoise Jewellery

[Lady Bluffton]

Can we start a thread about a "jewel" not often associated with royal suites-- the turquoise?

thanks!

[HRH Mims]

Great idea!




Austrian turquoise tiara and tiara of Marie Louise- the same tiaras.
picture from book: Tiaras: A History of splendour,

[HRH Mims]

Glouchester Turquoise tiara.
picture from: Tiaras: A History of splendour,

[HRH Mims]

and Margareth's Turquoise tiara
picture from: Tiaras: A History of splendour

[Trym]

If you go to the link for the two Norwegian princesses Astrid and Ragnhild you can see the parure princess Astrid was left by her grandmother Queen Maud, princess Maud of Great Britain. We know very litle her in Norway about this jewels, there is no picture of Queen Maud or any other royal wearing them, a mistery, but is said to be a gift for princess Maud when she married prince Carl of Denmark, later King Haakon of Norway.

Link

[HRH Kerry]

I've never seen turquoise so exquisitely set! Definitely favs in my book.:)

[michelleq]

I love the Turquoise Tiara and jewelry of Princess Margaret. Now if I had a couple of million to spare and it was for sale, I would had purchased it. The tiara isn't too big and the jewelry is wonderful.

Thanks to Magnolia's wonderful site you can view some pics.

http://www.mag-nolia.tmfweb.nl/Unite...t/Margaret.htm

[bijoux]

I love turquoise, and have a small collection of it from New Mexico and Arizona that my mother purchased in the 60's. I understand that this stone also comes from Turkey. Does anyone know where the most valuable turquoise comes from, and which colour is more valued (it can range from sky blue to almost green).

[HRH Kerry]

Originally Posted by michelleq

I love the Turquoise Tiara and jewelry of Princess Margaret. Now if I had a couple of million to spare and it was for sale, I would had purchased it. The tiara isn't too big and the jewelry is wonderful.

Thanks to Magnolia's wonderful site you can view some pics.

http://www.mag-nolia.tmfweb.nl/Unite...t/Margaret.htm

Thanks for the link. All of the jewels are lovely. Makes you stand in awe and wonder how rich these royals truly are seeing as though this link shows us what belonged to just Princess Margaret.

[michelleq]

Originally Posted by bijoux

I love turquoise, and have a small collection of it from New Mexico and Arizona that my mother purchased in the 60's. I understand that this stone also comes from Turkey. Does anyone know where the most valuable turquoise comes from, and which colour is more valued (it can range from sky blue to almost green).

I believe that I read somewhere that the most valuable turquoise comes from Iran and has a clean sky blue color.

[Rose1991]

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/5211...D83D9564511056Duchess of Gloucester (Getty Images)
Turquoise is such a beautiful gem, it is really uncommon which makes it quite special!

[SofiaM]

More turquoise from the British royal family, from it's more illustrious representative: Queen Elizabeth II.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...rquoise_NE.gif
From Corbis, worn in a State Visit to Jordania in 1984.

Farah Diba, Empress of Iran:

© Norman Parkinson Limited/Corbis

Princess Alexandra
© Tim Graham/CORBIS

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/5211...50875367CB2D30
© Tim Graham/Getty Images

[nayeli0016]

I believe China also produces turquoises.

[Aryan]

HIM Empress Farah turquoise jewerly, the best turquoise stones in the world from Mashad, Iran

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...7&d=1107292963

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2807/dscf0016qr6.jpg

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...2&d=1107333773

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...5&d=1106953217

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...9&d=1107259647

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...2&d=1107334997

[Josefine]

Is there not a Turquoise tiara and necklece i Norway
i was thinking of this one
http://www.iblbildarkiv.net/FotoWeb/...5F095038EE545C

http://www.iblbildarkiv.net/FotoWeb/...C8B120B36EE9E8

[galatea_12]

Yes. That's Queen Maud's turquoise tiara. It now belongs to Princess Astrid.

[jcbcode99]

Italian Queen Marie Jose's turquoise necklace and bracelet:

Rare Stones HK » Italian Queen Marie-Jose’s antique jewelry at London Christies auctions

Grand Duchess Maria-Teresa has a new set of turquoises which we recently saw in November:
necklace: [DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto

Tiara, earrings, necklace: [DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto

[DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto

[DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto

Personally, I think that tiara didn't work with this hairstyle.

[ZUBIAUR]

I like specially the necklace of the first pic.Thanks for posting

[jcbcode99]

The Westminster halo tiara, originally created using the Arcots diamonds, was sold back in the fifties at auction, Harry Winston purchased it and removed the arcots and the hastings diamonds:
Das berühmte Westminster-Diadem mit den Arcot Diamanten - Westminster Halo Tiara with the Arcot diamonds

Rose Movius Palmer purchased it and had turquoises placed where the large diamonds had been:
LIFE: Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer Wearing A Million Dollars Worth Of Diamonds - Hosted by Google

LIFE: Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer Wearing A Million Dollars Worth Of Diamonds - Hosted by Google

LIFE: Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer Wearing A Million Dollars Worth Of Diamonds - Hosted by Google

Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall's turquoise necklace, courtesy of Warren:
Duchess of Cornwall Jewellery 4: February-November 2007

[ZUBIAUR]

All the jewels are amazing.Thanks so much for posting jcbcode 99