Mastery of Design: Bracelet with a Miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, 1836

Bracelet
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection 
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

A masterpiece of filigreed gold mounted with turquoise, this bracelet from 1836 boasts a watercolor on ivory miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The bracelet was given as a gift to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, the mother of Princess Mary Adelaide and grandmother of Queen Mary (1867-1953). When the Duchess of Cambridge died, the bracelet, among many other jewels, was bequeathed to Queen Mary. 

The moulded gold bracelet is pierced with foliage and Greek key borders. The domed openwork cover is set with turquoise and contains the oval miniature of Princess Mary of Cambridge at about two years of age. She is wearing a white dress with blue sash and blue ribbons at the shoulders.

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Mastery of Design: Bracelet with a Miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, 1836

Bracelet
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection 
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

A masterpiece of filigreed gold mounted with turquoise, this bracelet from 1836 boasts a watercolor on ivory miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The bracelet was given as a gift to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, the mother of Princess Mary Adelaide and grandmother of Queen Mary (1867-1953). When the Duchess of Cambridge died, the bracelet, among many other jewels, was bequeathed to Queen Mary. 

The moulded gold bracelet is pierced with foliage and Greek key borders. The domed openwork cover is set with turquoise and contains the oval miniature of Princess Mary of Cambridge at about two years of age. She is wearing a white dress with blue sash and blue ribbons at the shoulders.

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Gifts of Grandeur: The Duchess of Teck’s Earrings

Diamond and Pearl Earrings
Nineteenth Century
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Made in the early Nineteenth Century, these earrings originally belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), and were bequeathed to her niece Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck and by her to her daughter, the future Queen Mary, in 1897.

Queen Mary wrote at length in her journal about these earrings and always cherished them. She presented the pair to her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth on 31 January 1947. As a tribute to her grandmother, and much to Queen Mary’s delight, Princess Elizabeth wore them at her wedding in 1947.

Mastery of Design: Bracelet with a Miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, 1836

Bracelet
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection
Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

A masterpiece of filigreed gold mounted with turquoise, this bracelet from 1836 boasts a watercolor on ivory miniature of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The bracelet was given as a gift to Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, the mother of Princess Mary Adelaide and grandmother of Queen Mary (1867-1953). When the Duchess of Cambridge died, the bracelet, among many other jewels, was bequeathed to Queen Mary. 

The moulded gold bracelet is pierced with foliage and Greek key borders. The domed openwork cover is set with turquoise and contains the oval miniature of Princess Mary of Cambridge at about two years of age. She is wearing a white dress with blue sash and blue ribbons at the shoulders.

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection

Gifts of Grandeur: The Duchess of Teck’s Earrings

The Royal Collection

Made in the early Nineteenth Century, these earrings originally belonged to Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857), and were bequeathed to her niece Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck and by her to her daughter, the future Queen Mary, in 1897.


Queen Mary wrote at length in her journal about these earrings and always cherished them. She presented the pair to her granddaughter Princess Elizabeth on 31 January 1947. As a tribute to her grandmother, and much to Queen Mary’s delight, Princess Elizabeth wore them at her wedding in 1947.