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| Princess Michael's Cherries Brooch |
In its original form, it was actually a necklace that consisted of two rows of ruby beads with a large gold clasp at the end. From the clasp, two cherry pendants hang from several gold threads. The clasp also contained uncut emeralds and brilliants.
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| The Duchess of Windsor wearing the original necklace with cherries |
Wallis received the brooch as a present from the Duke of Windsor. She occasionally wore it with her other ruby jewellery, or just on its own throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
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| The original necklace of the Duchess of Windsor |
The Duchess of Windsor gave the brooch to Princess Michael of Kent as a wedding gift, whilst Prince and Princess Michael spent their honeymoon in Paris in July of 1978.
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| Princess Michael wearing the Cherries Brooch |
During the same visit, Princess Michael received several other pieces from the Duchess. It was something of a “thank you” from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor due to the close friendship Prince Michael established with the couple.
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in this case i definitely looks best in the style worn by the duchess of Windsor especially on the black dress with little other jewelry...
ReplyDeleteJust worn as brooch, it seems a bit....well....fake (imagine saying about a bit with rubies, emeralds and brilliants :-) )
But it's lively that Princess Michael received several pieces of jewelry from the duchess as a gift..
I have to agree; the brooch version looks a bit like a paste jewellery. The Duchess of Windsor's necklace, on the other hand, looked fabulous, if a bit too modern for my taste.
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