The Princess Royal's Emeralds - Gift from the Women of Glasgow

The Princess received several significant jewels as wedding gifts from the people of Scotland.

Princess Mary's Gift from the Women of Glasgow

The gift from the Women of Glasgow was the "Thistle of Scotland forming a corsage ornament in emeralds and diamonds. It was made by Edwards and Sons, Court Jewellers, Buchanan Street, Glasgow." In the 1970 Christie's catalogue, it was described as "an important diamond and emerald brooch, of thistle design, composed of a brilliant-cut diamond collet and a kite-shaped emerald forming the top of the thistle with diamond leaves, diamond central bar terminating in a fan-shaped motif" selling for £2700.

Source: Christie's. Catalogue of Highly Important Jewels. October 7, 1970.

The Princess Royal's Emeralds - Engagement Ring

It was described in The Times 25 November 1921 as "a beautiful, single-stone square-cut emerald". In the 1970 Christie's sale of the Princess Royal's jewels, a ring fitting this description was sold for £9000 to Middlemas. "A fine rectangular emerald mounted as a single-stone ring, with diamond five-stone shoulders to the plain hoop."
Sources: The Times, 25 November 1921; Christie's. Catalogue of Highly Important Jewels. October 7, 1970.

Suite of Emerald Cabochon and Diamond Jewellery

"Comprising a necklace, designed as a series of ten graduated bezel-set cabochon emeralds with old mine-cut diamond cluster spacers; a bracelet and pair of ear-pendants en suite, emerald collets circa 1890, diamond florets circa 1860, necklace 38.0 cm., bracelet 18.5 cm., in a late 19th century red leather fitted case (accompanied by two additional emerald links)" auctioned by Christies on 16 November 1999 Geneva for $60,211 (USD).
Provenance: H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953), wife of H.M. King George V (1865-1936) H.R.H The Princess Royal (1897-1965) and thence by descent.

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