The photo which was originally posted by J-F.
The clasp of this diamond bracelet, which appears to have a rectangular shape within an elaborate diamond border, calls to mind the diamond and enamel buckles with the cyphers of William IV and Queen Adelaide now in the Royal Collection.
A partial view of the clasp
The William IV and Queen Adelaide buckles.
https://www.rct.uk/collection/441543/william-ivs-family-order-queen-adelaide-buckle-possibly-belonged-to-augusta
I don't think that the bracelet worn by Queen Mary in 1930 has the round buckles with miniatures of William IV and Queen Adelaide which Queen Mary wore for her coronation in 1911.
Coronation bracelets
The buckles now in the Royal Collection
https://www.rct.uk/collection/37015/pair-of-brooches-with-miniatures-of-william-iv-and-queen-adelaide
What do others think?
I could be very much mistaken. I find these buckles when seen on bracelets very confusing in photographs because we only get a partial view from a distance.
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