Showing posts with label Girandole Earrings. Show all posts
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

British Royal Jewels: Queen Elizabeth’s Antique Girandole Earrings

This amazing pair of earrings has an unverified provenance. The reason why I post this entry immediately after the five necklaces (you can find links to them at the bottom of this page) is simple: the Queen almost always wears this pair with one of those necklaces.
Girandole Earrings
That makes me believe the earrings have Saudi or other Middle Eastern/Arabic origin as well. She has had this pair since at least late 1970s, which corresponds to the time she has received three or four of the necklaces so it is possible the earrings formed a demi-parure with one of them.