on November 5, 2019, 7:53 pm, in reply to "Re: The origins of Queen Victoria's Wedding Brooch"
The pearls on the necklace as well look huge. I wonder if they are the Anne & Mary pearls or something else? 
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Thank you so much ErikS!! Theo Toebosch's research throws a whole new light on the history of this brooch.
The description of the jewel offered to the Duke of Coburg and, importantly, the time frame and the offer to deliver it to London is convincing evidence.
I wonder what evidence Garrard used for their claim to have made the brooch? I note that the firm says that Albert "secretly" commissioned the jewel? See Garrard's site https://www.garrard.com/the-house/journal/royal-wedding-garrards-historic-involvement/
Is this the painting you referred to -- Winterhalter's 1845 painting of Queen Victoria?
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