Showing posts with label queen mother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label queen mother. Show all posts

01 April 2012

More postage stamps of Queen Elizabeth II and her family

A set of  5 British stamps commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. 



This picture of the Queen always reminds me of Princess Margaret.



A small assortment of some stamps I own of the Queen, and a Sarawak stamp featuring a pretty butterfly and her father, King George VI.

A young Princess Elizabeth (front row, far left) with her swim team.

Elizabeth and Philip on their wedding day.

A contemporary reissue of the Wilding definitive stamps that were the first stamps issued of the new Queen in 1952.

Commemorative seals celebrating the coronation of 1937 of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. I was always intrigued that they place the Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) next to the Queen Mother, since she always hated the Duke and his wife, Wallis, blaming them ultimately for her husband's death from cancer.

Stamps commemorating the death of the Queen Mother. These are identical to stamps issued for something like her 80th birthday, except instead of the border being silver, it is black.

One of my favorite stamps, since Queen Mary is wearing a pretty spiky tiara and a large row of pearl chokers and necklaces.

A seal from the same sheet commemorating the 1937 coronation. She is wearing the Delhi Durbar tiara with the emeralds, and the uppermost emerald and diamond choker she is wearing was later gifted to Princess Diana by the present Queen.

An Australian stamp of the Queen Mother, which I love because she is wearing a lovely diamond spike tiara.

25 February 2012

Colorful Tiaras

A complete gold and opal parure, consisting of a tiara comb, necklace, two bracelets, earrings and a brooch.

A tiara set with large, deep purple amethysts.

A diamond and amethyst tiara, laying atop it's own concept drawing. It is shown here as a necklace, but can be converted easily into a tiara.

A modern cut aquamarine and diamond tiara. This tiara is by Cartier, and it's interesting as Queen Elizabeth II has two dress clips by Cartier that perfectly match this design, although this tiara is not in Her Majesty's collection.

A diamond and ruby spinel comb.

A diamond and emerald tiara formerly belonging to the Countess of Rosse. The central element can be removed and worn as a brooch.

A pink topaz and diamond bow tiara.

A floral tiara of diamonds and flawless deep blue turquoises, which belonged to Princess Alice, The Duchess of Gloucester.

A tiara with 3 sparingly placed emeralds.

The beautiful emerald and diamond tiara of the Empress Eugenie of France, the last reigning  queen of that country.

The sapphire and diamond tiara of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, by the Russian jeweler Bolin.

A large gold tiara with paste emeralds and diamonds.

A modern and openwork design of silver and cabochon and baroque pink stones.

The Oriental Circlet of Queen Victoria. It originally contained opals, but when Alexandra, the Princess of Wales acceded to the throne and inherited this piece, she has the opals replaced with rubies, as opals are superstitiously bad luck when worn by women.

A petite diamond and sapphire circlet worn by a young Queen Victoria.

A diamond and spinel tiara in a very worked, complicated design.

A sapphire and diamond tiara, with scrolling fleur-de-lis designs.

A petite and delicate diamond and turquoise tiara.

22 February 2012

Floral and Leafy Diadems, Part II

A very tall, delicate diamond floral tiara.

An oak leaf tiara complete with diamond acorns.

A ducal strawberry leaf tiara.

A silver, leafy bridal tiara.

A floral tiara of Queen Margerita of Italy's.

The Strathmore Rose tiara, worn by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on her wedding day to King George VI.

A pierced gold and pearl floral tiara.

An exceptional pave diamond pansy tiara.


14 September 2011

Small and Cute Tiaras


A necklace that would look beautiful if converted into a tiara.

A small tiara which started out life as either a choker necklace or a bracelet.
A gold and seed pearl comb with matching earrings.

An antique diamond festoon tiara.

A 100-year old tiara in the form of a simple flower bud.


Tiara of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, worn occasionally by Princess Margaret. It was worn most recently by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at her wedding to Prince William.
A small diamond tiara, most likely belonging to a non-royal noblewoman.

A topaz and diamond comb and necklace set.