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Interesting book showing some of the private as well as the State Jewels of the houses of Hanover and Windsor; It charts the collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her family from the early Victorian age to the mid 's/5(40). Royal Jewels Lists going private (edited) - Nellie Maam.

Re: Royal Jewels Lists going private (edited) - oliviamar Mapm. Re: Royal Jewels Lists going private (edited) - Honor Mapm. Explanation is being drafted. No text here yet - Nellie Mapm. Re: Explanation is being. The Crown Jewels have often been called “the finest jewelry collection in the world.” This book provides a dazzling mix of art and photography with entirely new views plus spectacular details.

Individual pieces, gems, and carefully selected groups of objects: the royal jewels can be Cited by: 1. Judging Royals by Their Cover - Royal Jewels, Fashion and Beauty Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.

The jewels of the British royal family are one of the most valuable and beautiful collections in the world and yet they are rarely glimpsed. This book looks at the collection and the people who have acquired and worn it from Queen Victoria to Diana, Princess of Wales /5(43).

The Crown Jewels are the ceremonial treasures which have been acquired by English kings and queens, mostly since The collection includes not only the regalia used at coronations, but also crowns acquired by various monarchs, church and banqueting plate, orders, insignia, robes, a unique collection of medals and Royal christening fonts.

Meylan's book, Christie’s: The Jewellery Archives Revealed (ACC Art Books), is filled with fascinating stories about royalty and leading figures whose jewels have passed through Christie’s salerooms over the last years.

Here, we present a series of extracts on important auctions with a royal theme. For the British royals, jewelry is no mere adornment. Here, we take a closer look at the tiaras, earrings, rings, and neckpieces that make up the royal collection.

As Vogue editor Suzy Menkes claims in her book The Royal Jewels, “The Princess Royal wears one of the copies of Queen Victoria's brooch that Prince Albert had made for his elder daughters.

When one Author: Chloe Foussianes. The collection is documented in Russia’s Treasure of Diamonds and Precious Stones, one of the very few surviving catalogs documenting Russia’s regalia and crown jewels at the time of the overthrow of the tsarist government in Published in by the Bolshevik government, it was printed in three versions: Russian, French and English.

Many of Cartier’s finest jewels from this period were inspired by Indian architecture, gems and jewels. The calibré-cut sapphire trim and diamond detail are reminiscent of ornate archways present in Mughal palaces and royal quarters.

Image: Christie’s. Elizabeth II in her regalia, The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, originally the Crown Jewels of England, are a collection of royal ceremonial objects kept in the Tower of London, which include the regalia and vestments worn at their coronations by British kings and queens.

Books shelved as royal-jewelry: The Royal Jewels by Suzy Menkes, Grandma Harrington and the Queen's Wardrobe: by Johannes Froebel-Parker, Kate's Style: S.

The Queen's striking amethyst set, which includes a diamond brooch, necklace and earrings, is known as the Crown Amethyst Suite of Jewels or. Shutterstock. One of the most widely-viewed pieces in the Crown Jewels is St.

Edward’s Crown, which has stones, both precious and semi-precious. The nearly five pounds of gold used to. - Explore ~ Rose Ann ~'s board "Royals & Jewels of the World", followed by people on Pinterest.

See more ideas about Royal jewels, Jewels, Royal jewelryK pins. The Royal Jewels (Suzy Menkes, ) Written by fashion columnist Suzy Menkes at the height of the Princess Diana era, this book surveys the jewels owned by various members of the British royal family.

In less than a year as a member of the Royal Family, Meghan Markle has worn quite a few of Princess Diana’s jewels. But with the bulk of her huge collection still unworn, there is a lot of. My royal jewel book collection is large and varied, but there are a few books that are true workhorses for research and writing.

One of them, Hugh Roberts's The Queen's Diamonds (), I've already reviewed here; another, Geoffrey Munn's Tiaras: A History of Splendour (), I'll be reviewing here next month.

But today, let's have a look at a third most-used text from my jewel library. Find and save ideas about royal jewels on Pinterest. Royal Jewels Featured in Book About Christie's Ma by EraGem The staggering number of jewels passing through Christie’s auction house each year blows the mind. In his landmark book Christie’s: The Jewellery Archives Revealed, Victor Meylan tells the stories of some of the most important jewels sold at Christie's.The monarch of the Commonwealth realms, Queen Elizabeth II, owns a historic collection of jewels – some as monarch and others as a private are separate from the Gems and Jewels and the coronation and state regalia that make up the Crown Jewels.

The origin of a distinct royal jewel collection is vague, though it is believed the jewels have their origin somewhere in the 16th. In The Sun’s report, an insider source claims that the queen has prohibited Meghan from wearing any jewels from the royal collection — some of which were worn by Princess Diana in the past.