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Horace Walpole, the English art historian, wrote in his diary, "Queen Anne had but few jewels and those indifferent, except one pearl necklace given to her by Prince George". Queen Caroline, on the other hand, had a great deal of valuable jewellery, including no fewer than four pearl necklaces. She wore all the pearl necklaces to her coronation ...
The crown jewels of Ireland were heavily jeweled insignia of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick. They were worn by the sovereign at the installation of knights of that order, the Irish equivalent of the English Most Noble Order of the Garter and the Scottish Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.
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The Royal Collection has other important items and jewels, as well as precious prayer-books, and items belonging to the Order of the Elephant and the Order of the Dannebrog (such as the large diamond and pearl star of the Order of the Elephant worn on the coronation mantle).
Kept in the Treasury of National Jewels. Iraq Heraldic crown of Iraq: Italy Iron Crown of Lombardy: Kept in the Cathedral of Monza Italy Crown of the Kingdom of Italy: 1870–1946, also known as the Savoy Crown. India Crown of Bahadur Shah II: The crown of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the 20th emperor of the Mughal Empire. Part of the Royal Collection ...
Cheapside pictured in 1909, with the church of St Mary-le-Bow in the background. The Cheapside Hoard is a hoard of jewellery from the late 16th and early 17th centuries, discovered in 1912 by workmen using a pickaxe to excavate in a cellar at 30–32 Cheapside in London, on the corner with Friday Street.
The English Crown Jewels had already been melted down and struck into coins by the Commonwealth. [18] With Cromwell's army fast advancing on Scone, in June 1651 the Privy Council decided to place them at Dunnottar Castle in Kincardineshire , the family seat of the Earl Marischal , the custodian of the Honours.
St Edward's Crown is the coronation crown of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. [2] Named after Saint Edward the Confessor, versions of it have traditionally been used to crown English and British monarchs at their coronations since the 13th century. It is normally on public display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London.