Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897 the Duchess of Devonshire held an Jubilee Costume Ball. Louise wore an ivory satin dress... ornamented with thickly massed flowers and conventional foliage, raised from the surface in gold bouillon. This appeared both on the skirt and bodice, and there was a high gold lace collar, and the long sleeves were finished with cuffs of similar lace." (The Daily News, 3 July 1897, p 5g).
Large crescent brooch; diamond sunburst brooch; six-strand collier de chien diamond parure.
On the right side, the sketch of the gowns of Princess Louise Duchess of Fife & Princess Charles of Denmark both in Elizabethan dress.
The Duke and Duchess of Fife and their daughters were aboard. The Princess Royal's Jewel case was washed from the boat when it sank, and
lost.
Hochzeitsgeschenk für Prinzessin Louise von Großbritannien und Irland.
