Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
We’ve talked a lot lately about the generous gifts of jewels that Brits made to the late Queen Mother. Today’s brooch is another piece of that bejeweled category: the James Bow Brooch, which was presented to Elizabeth by someone very close to her.
You know you have a serious amount of charisma when multiple people who are not family members leave you glittering jewels in their wills. Such was the luck of the Queen Mum, who famously received the gigantic Greville jewel bequest from a family friend; even better, she also inherited today’s piece, the Courtauld Thomson Scallop-Shell Brooch, from a loyal subject.
As our September sapphire fixation continues, today we’re dipping into the jewelry box of Queen Victoria to have a look at one of her most unique pieces: the Hesse Diamond Jubilee Brooch.