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Re: Cambridge Sapphires question
I think the painting may be at least partially artistic license. It cannot have ever had 17 sapphire elements or it would have practically would round itself. Also perhaps my issue with the suite is that in the photo of GDA she is wearing pearls with a sapphire necklace. If you had a complete sapphire suite would you wear part of it with a pearl tiara. The necklace looks later than the tiara, the clusters of the brooch look to have almost a double border, which Russian jewels often have. Maybe the necklace that came with the tiara was a much smaller one and the current necklace is later.
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