Roya Nikkhah, Royal Correspondent at the Daily Telegraph, reports that some of the most spectacular treasures from the Royal Collection will go on display at Buckingham Palace this week to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration, a new exhibition that will be part of
the Summer Opening at the Palace, will explore how the gems have been used
and worn by monarchs over the last two centuries.
Among the highlights will be the magnificent 2,000 carat Jaipur Sword and Scabbard.
Set with more than 700 white and yellow diamonds, the sword was presented to EDWARD VII by the Maharajah of Jaipur, Sawai Sir Madho Singh Bahadur, to mark His Majesty's coronation in 1902.
Made from steel and gold, enamelled in blue, green and red, the diamonds are set in a design of lotus flowers and leaves.
Queen Alexandra's Coronation Fan, a diamond-studded ostrich feather fan, made for Edward VII's consort for the coronation, will also be on display.
The exhibition will include several of the Queen's personal jewels, including the Cullinan III and IV Brooch, cut from the largest diamond ever found, and the Coronation Necklace and Earrings, created for Queen Victoria and worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and the Queen at their coronations.
The Diamond Diadem, set with more than 1,300 brilliant-cut diamonds, which is
worn by the Queen on British and Commonwealth stamps and on certain bank
notes and coins, will also be on display.
Other jewelled objets d'art from the Royal Collection that will feature in the exhibition include a snuff box, dated circa 1770, that was once owned by Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Encrusted with nearly 3,000 diamonds in elaborate flower motifs, the box is thought to have been inherited by Frederick during his 18th-century reign (1740-1786).
He later gave it to his daughter, the Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna, the consort of His Imperial Majesty TSAR NICHOLAS I, who passed it to her descendants.
It was among the 1922 inventory of possessions of the imperial family confiscated by the Soviet authorities in 1917, and subsequently came to England, where it was later bought by Queen Mary in 1932.
Other jewelled objets d'art from the Royal Collection that will feature in the exhibition include a snuff box, dated circa 1770, that was once owned by Frederick the Great of Prussia.
Encrusted with nearly 3,000 diamonds in elaborate flower motifs, the box is thought to have been inherited by Frederick during his 18th-century reign (1740-1786).
He later gave it to his daughter, the Tsarina, Alexandra Feodorovna, the consort of His Imperial Majesty TSAR NICHOLAS I, who passed it to her descendants.
It was among the 1922 inventory of possessions of the imperial family confiscated by the Soviet authorities in 1917, and subsequently came to England, where it was later bought by Queen Mary in 1932.
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don't forget to visit the Leonardo da Vinci drawings at the Ulster Museum, which are here as part of the Diamnond Jubilee celebrations, being loaned by Buckingham Palace from the Royal Collection.
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