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The grand duchess, known after her marriage as Princess Nicholas of Greece, inherited it from her mother, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, who received it as a wedding gift from her husband in 1874. It originally had 15 large drop pearls, and was made by the jeweller Carl Edvard Bolin at a cost of 48,200 rubles.
After England and Scotland were united as one kingdom by the Acts of Union 1707, the Scottish regalia were locked away in a chest, [81] and the English regalia continued to be used by British monarchs. Gemstones were hired for coronations – the fee typically being 4% of their value – and replaced with glass and crystals for display in the ...
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes.
After the inventory was taken by the auditor Francis Gofton, Gorges returned the jewels to Radcliffe on 28 May 1603. [63] The entries have annotations in various hands which help to track the transfer of pieces to Anne of Denmark or their sale after the Union of the Crowns. [64] Some entries are given below, abridged and with modernised spelling:
The jewel was described in a 1606 inventory as follows: Item, a greate and riche jewell of gould called the MIRROR OF GREAT BRITTAINE, containing one very faire table diamonde, one very faire table rubie, two other diamonds cut lozengwise, the one of them called the stone of the letter H. of SCOTLANDE, garnished with small diamonds, two rounde pearles fixed, and one fayre diamond cut in ...
The ancient crown jewels of England were destroyed by Oliver Cromwell in 1649 when he established the Commonwealth of England. St Edward's Crown is the centrepiece of the coronation regalia, used at the moment of crowning and exchanged for the lighter Imperial State Crown , which is also worn at State Openings of Parliament .
Mary I of England, Antonis Mor, Prado. An inventory of the jewels of Mary I of England, known as Princess Mary or the Lady Mary in the years 1542 to 1546, was kept by her lady in waiting Mary Finch. [1] The manuscript is now held by the British Library. It was published by Frederic Madden in 1831. Some pieces are listed twice. [2]
Side-on view of the Jewel The inscription round the sides. The Alfred Jewel is about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (6.4 cm) long and is made of filigreed gold, enclosing a highly polished tear-shaped piece of clear quartz "rock crystal", beneath which is set a cloisonné enamel plaque, with an image of a man, perhaps Christ, with ecclesiastical symbols.