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The "Rosebery Jewel"
Posted by Beth on July 6, 2019, 6:10 pm
I stumbled on this very interesting report. I would love to find some photos of a Lady Mayoress wearing it.
What a great find Beth. Its a very pretty jewel. Lady Provost Elaine Wilson has been seen wearing this jewel at a few occasions. She also chose to wear it for her painted portrait with her husband the Lord Provost.
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I stumbled on this very interesting report. I would love to find some photos of a Lady Mayoress wearing it.
Many thanks OnerH!! Seeing the pendant worn highlights the size of the jewel.
The reporter who wrote the 2019 item got the precise history a little confused. The original report, which the paper re-printed, said that the jewel had been given by Lord Rosebery (husband of Hannah Rothschild) after his wife's death to their eldest daughter, Lady Sybil Grant.
When Lady Sybil died in 1959 she left a life interest in the jewel to her sister, the Marchioness of Crewe (mother of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe). Then the jewel was to be given to the Corporation of Edinburgh. The Marchioness waived her interest in the jewel and asked her brother, the then Lord Rosebery, to hand the pendant to the Corporation. The presentation was made in the name of the two sisters.
I checked in the papers of the day and all carry the same information.
Re: The "Rosebery Jewel". Could it have been a wedding gift to Hannah de Rothschild?
Among the wedding gifts which Lord Rosebery gave to Hannah de Rothschild when they married in March 1878 was a sapphire and diamond pendant with a large pearl drop. In a number of the reports the large sapphire is described as being "deep" coloured. Unless the photos OmerH found and the one in the newspaper are misleading the so called "Rosebery jewel" has a very deep blue sapphire.
On the other hand the stone might have been purchased in Ceylon (as the press reports indicate) when Lord and Lady Rosebery travelled to India from November 1886 to February 1887.
on July 6, 2019, 6:10 pm
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