The jewels are referred to as the Cory bequest and the V & A says they were given in 1951. Yet, Jane Cory died in 1947, and the Museum of New Zealand, which holds some very famous tapestry work which was part of the bequest (but unwanted by the V & A), says it received the tapestries in 1948, so I suspect there is a typo in the V & A's material.
Jane Cory was noted for her elaborate Victorian jewels, some of which were probably given as wedding presents.
For her wedding she wore
and received
I realised when re-reading this list that the diamond and pearl butterfly brooch was a gift from Lord and Lady Carew to her, so I think it is highly likely that the brooch which can be seen in Julia Carew's coronation portrait belonged to her sister.
I found the photo below on the net. It was given a date of 1925. The photo was also used in newspapers in the 1930s.
In this photo one of the large diamond sprays worn by Julia Carew can be seen in the V formed by Jane Cory's arm. Because Julia Carew was photographed wearing this before her sister's wedding, I strongly suspect that the jewel belonged to Julia Carew.
The pearl brooch with the baroque pearl pendant worn by Julia Carew is now in the V & A labelled as part of the Cory bequest.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115399/brooch-unknown/
Julia Carew was photographed wearing this spray and some of the small ornaments, but which sister owned them is unknown to me.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115405/spray-unknown/
Other jewels which Jane Cory was photographed wearing are in the V & A, along with other impressive jewels.
So far I haven't noticed anything which might be the emerald necklace or tiara or the diamond rivieres worn by Julia Carew. See https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&extrasearch=&q=Cory&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&before=&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch=
It is possible that Lord Carew either sold or gave away the jewels before his death. His grand mansion in Ireland was fired in 1923, and it is possible that, during the turbulence around the time of independence for Eire, his revenues from his Irish estate were reduced, prompting a sale of some non-income producing assets.
Equally, it is possible that Jane Cory sold or gave the jewels to others. I noticed one intriguing item in the press in 1937 saying she had already given some eighteenth century jewels to museums.
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