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Lady Bertha Dawkins
Posted by Beth on January 3, 2021, 9:09 am
Photos of Ladies-in-Waiting to Queen Mary wearing grand jewels are scarce. After years of looking, I have come to the conclusion that not allowing (or avoiding) such photos being taken was probably a prerequisite for the position. What ever the scenario, I have no doubt that Queen Mary's ladies all had suitable jewels to wear on grand court occasions.
Lady Bertha Dawkins was one of the Queen's long serving ladies, and many photos exist of her accompanying the Queen on routine royal engagements such as visiting institutions and community engagements.
But, so far I have found only two images of Lady Bertha wearing evening jewels.
The diamond choker seen in the photo below reminded me of a 1906 Cartier creation now regularly exhibited at Cartier exhibitions around the world, but of course the two jewels are not the same.
Lady Bertha's choker predates the Cartier one as the photo below was published in 1903, and I suspect that her jewel might have been made by a UK jeweller.
In the 1933 image below, Lady Bertha appears to be wearing a seed pearl choker with fine diamond spacer bars and a largish pendant -- but the quality of the photo is so poor that I admit I am guessing!
Has anyone else ever seen more photos of Lady Bertha wearing evening jewels?
Re: Lady Bertha Dawkins
Posted by altezania Mompox on January 3, 2021, 2:38 pm, in reply to "Lady Bertha Dawkins"
that choker itīs similar to one of the jewels from the Youssoupoff collection by cartier 1906, a copy of the chocker that Angelina Jolie wore in the tourist (el viajaero) movie and other auctioned, but the main stone is emerald
somebody help me I don't know how post pictures from my pc
I don't know if the pictures from the internet are visible
Lady Bertha's choker is certainly in the same style as those you mentioned Altezania Mompox.
Thank you for the photos. I could not see them on either my tablet or my PC but I found that when I clicked on the little squares on my PC and clicked "view image" that I was taken to the site. The only image I could not see was the second one.
Here is the set of instructions Mauriz gave us earlier this year for posting images from the net. Thank you Mauriz!
A number of us have encountered difficulties in posting images. I would have to be one of the most technologically challenged persons. Thankfully, we have some members who know more than I do!