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Kasper's photos. Jewels at the V & A. Diamond spray Posted by Beth on February 7, 2020, 8:47 am A diamond spray.

I would recommend the great V&A website Posted by Janet on February 7, 2020, 8:49 am, in reply to "Kasper's photos. Jewels at the V & A. Diamond spray" http://collections.vam.ac.uk/gallery/91-va/THES49703/ You can search specifically within the collection of Jewellery kept in Room 91 known as The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery. Its a great read. Previous Message A diamond spray.

Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory Posted by Beth on February 7, 2020, 10:44 am, in reply to "I would recommend the great V&A website" Many thanks Janet! It is another jewel from the bequest of Lady Jane Cory. See V & A at http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74518/spray-ornament-unknown/ There is a photo of Lady Jane Cory wearing other diamond sprays, but I don't think she was wearing the one in Kasper's photo. What do others think? I find it very difficult to distinguish precisely which jewels Lady Cory was wearing, although I do think she was wearing the spray in the centre of the photo below. The jewels in this photo are all in the V & A.

Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory Posted by mauriz on February 7, 2020, 6:17 pm, in reply to "Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory" Lady Cory is indeed wearing the large diamond spray in Kasper's photo. It's just so much larger than one would assume on first sight and is literally covering the whole width of her bodice. The three very distinctive, delicate parts on the right of the brooch are clearly visible, the middle one touching Lady Cory's upper arm. (One can see the small feathery leaves and the trefoil diamond berries). Also the large blossom is visible (and it isn't even the largest in this enormous brooch!), as are the two small leaves right above the blossom. The V&A website lists its dimensions: 27,5 x 15 x 4 cm

Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory Posted by Beth on February 8, 2020, 7:54 am, in reply to "Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory" Thank you Mauriz! Now I can see it. I hadn't given any thought to the dimensions of the jewel. It does pay to look at the relevant information! Thank heavens you do, and have such a wonderful capacity to see detail.

Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory Posted by Kasper on February 11, 2020, 6:35 am, in reply to "Re: I would recommend the great V&A website. Another jewel from Lady Jane Cory" Now this is quite a stunner. This item, brooch or corsage is extremely HUGE. I would say it is at least, double the size of the one at Rosenborg Castle, in the danish crown jewels collection. A few of the bigger Stones has a light yellow tone and set entremblant. So when ever you walk around the montre in the Bollinger room, you can see them twinkle. Previous Message Thank you Mauriz! Now I can see it. I hadn't given any thought to the dimensions of the jewel. It does pay to look at the relevant information! Thank heavens you do, and have such a wonderful capacity to see detail.

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