Above is one of the wedding presents given to Princess Alice from her husband, the Duke of Gloucester.
A diamond brooch in the form of a knot with a large centre brilliant and 3 row collet drops at the ends. Designed as an openwork stylized bow set throughout with cushion-shaped diamonds and a central detachable stone weighing more as 5 carats, supporting tassels collet-set with cushion- and pear-shaped diamonds made around 1860.
In the picture and the photograph above, the Duchess is shown wearing the bow brooch.
The second gift was a diamond and platinum wide bandeau with clusters of large diamonds and alternative centres forming emerald and diamond brooches and with detachable side pieces forming clips.
A pair of square emerald and diamond cluster earrings mounted in platinum
Two flexible bracelets set with alternate pearls and diamonds and mounted in platinum diamond brooch in the form of badge of Xth Royal Hussars (Regiment of the Duke).
The diamond tiara formed by a band of leafage design and scrolls and surmounted with a graduation of round and drop shaped diamond collets>> was a wedding gift from the Duke of Gloucester
Other wedding presents:
Bride's Father
A single row of pearls
Bride's Mother
A pair of diamond cluster earrings, seen above in the picture with the white fur.
From the Duke of Gloucester's siblings (the Prince of Wales, Princess Mary & the Earl of Harewood, Duke & Duchess of York and Duke & Duchess of Kent): A diamond baton brilliant and calibre cut emerald double clip brooch, with small pave-set diamond boss centre and a calibre-cut emerald and baton diamond bar above and below and with pointed ends, mounted in platinum
The bracelet with diamonds, which is seen in the left picture, is also a wedding gift.
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Obsequios en ocasión de bodas reales
Entre los objetos exhibidos en la Colección Real en
los diversos palacios británicos, se incluyen los regalos de las bodas
reales, incluidos los recibidos por los anteriores Duques de Gloucester
(príncipe Henry y Alicia Scott).
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Hochzeitsgeschenke des Herzogs von Gloucester an seine Braut Alice
Zur Hochzeit 1935 bekam Lady Alice von Ihrem Mann eine Tiara aus Brillanten>>
Ein weiteres Geschenk, eine grosse Diamantbrosche in Knotenform mit einem grossen Brillanten im Mittelpunkt, die Bänder 3 reihig mit Diamanten ausgefasst, die mit beweglichen Tropfen Diamanten am Ende besetzt ist.
Ein Paar rechteckige Smaragde mit Diamant-Kranz als Ohrringe gearbeitet in Platin.
Zwei bewegliche Armbänder aus Platin mit Perlen bzw alternativ mit Diamanten besetzt.
Eine Diamantbrosche mit dem Abzeichen der X.Königlichen Husaren, das Regiment des Herzogs
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