From Leslie Field :
"One of her most beautiful and impressive diamond brooches was a wedding present from her mother in 1960. This is a spray of three large flowers that Queen Elizabeth first wore at the end of war and which well have been a gift from King George"
Earlier today I found some more descriptions of the corsage jewel which Mrs Greville was given by her father when she married.
There are numerous similar reports of each of the descriptions. I suspect that the various reports depended on which syndicated news service each paper subscribed to.
This one talks of large brilliants (9) set in oak leaves. But most papers talk of a Virginia creeper. Whether the leaves of one can be easily mistaken for the other is something I will leave to others to decide.
This report is interesting as it states that the jewel could be divided into 3 separate items and could be worn as a hair ornament as well as a corsage ornament.
So it is possible that the large diamond floral brooch worn by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and later worn by Princess Margaret was part of the Greville Virginia creeper corsage ornament -- but do the leaf sections of that brooch resemble Virginia creeper leaves?
I think that this needs a lot more investigation.
Another jewel which may be a possibility is the one which most people say is the Snowden tiara. What evidence do we have that it was actually given to Princess Margaret by Lord Snowden? It breaks into 3 pieces -- but do the leaves resemble those of the Virginia creeper. Does it have large diamonds in it? Would there be 9 large diamonds?
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