19 September 2022
We had the privilege of working again this year with Stonewater Homes to complete the interior design and decorating of the spring QEII Lottery Dream Home. This gorgeous 4,000+ sq ft home is located in beautiful Indigo Shores. See below for photos of the home, or visit it in person at 570 McCabe Lake […]
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In May this year Franck posted a query about a brooch worn by Queen Elizabeth II at White City in 1956 Below is the photo Frack posted. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p b96c9349-a470-4a9a-8d0b-ac0b525c58e3 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane IMG-4703.jpg?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt IMG-4703 a Bryce solved the mystery for us identifying it as a brooch commonly referred to as the Ruby Posy Brooch . As Bryce noted this was thought to have been a gift from Prince Philip in the 1960s. See this link for the discussion a href https mb.boardhost.com historyroyaljewels thread 1621496412.html https mb.boardhost.com historyroyaljewels thread 1621496412.html a Her Majesty's Jewel Vault refers to it as The Red Flower Posy Brooch a href http queensjewelvault.blogspot.com 2014 04 the-red-flower-posy-brooch.html http queensjewelvault.blogspot.com 2014 04 the-red-flower-posy-brooch.html a and also notes that it is thought to have been a gift from Prince Philip. Franck's 1956 photo pushed the time line back and so I hunted for more information on the brooch. Before I started I checked to see what information others had found about this brooch as there is no sense in wasting time replicating research. Apart from the Queen's Jewel Vault no one had written anything about the brooch. b The brooch was presented to QEII by the Lord Mayor of Bristol when HM visited the city in April 1954. b The press described the brooch as -- a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 27533dfc-9e57-437c-92ee-87394d487fab target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Flower of Bristol brooch presented.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Flower of Bristol brooch presented a The Flower of Bristol has been associated with the city since the 1600s. For a brief overview see the information provided by the University of Bristol. a href https ubbcalumni.com about-1 https ubbcalumni.com about-1 a Flower of Bristol --the plant Lychnis chalcedonica a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 705729bb-81f5-4af4-be7b-7a67a1ed358d target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Flower of Bristol Lychnis chalcedonica.jpg?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Flower of Bristol Lychnis chalcedonica a QEII was in Bristol to open the new Council House the interior of which was decorated with Flowers of Bristol a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 76a06e95-7ed9-46a8-9f38-7dbb6a332b65 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane c 2 .JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt c 2 a When QEII arrived in Bristol and opened the new Council House she wore another large diamond brooch possibly Queen Adelaide's brooch. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 0f1d8942-0022-4394-a17a-b12b9c10fb73 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Brooch 9 .JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Brooch 9 a a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p ef250d82-96da-4bd0-be21-ca90d9aa19f5 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Bristol.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Bristol a Later in the day HM opened a new city water reservoir in the Chew Valley. For that the Queen had changed her brooch and wore the newly presented Flower of Bristol brooch. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 5a87aa0a-30da-40e6-a8eb-1f06e27709a2 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Brooch x 1 .JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Brooch x 1 a a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p e87adcf1-9210-4f8b-823f-c013785f83c0 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Chew Valley G4NT32.jpg?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Chew Valley G4NT32 a In the detail below it is possible to make out the basic shape of the brooch. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 2c01d7f7-cb4b-41c9-a709-88e5bdb8d2ec target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Chew Valley detail.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Chew Valley detail a A slightly better view of the brooch can be seen from this image showing HM later in the day visiting Bath. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 6fc5cb8a-8c05-4a7c-bcb6-9c15348bdecd target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Bath wearing new brooch 2.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Bath wearing new brooch 2 a By looking at the flowers of the Flower of Bristol we can see how the designer has based the brooch on the flower. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 1f11ffb2-3d5e-406e-845c-0f8ff5950701 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane Flower and brooch.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt Flower and brooch a The brooch isn't one seen regularly on QEII however the Queen's Jewel Vault site has recorded a few times it has been worn in recent years. See a href http queensjewelvault.blogspot.com 2014 04 the-red-flower-posy-brooch.html http queensjewelvault.blogspot.com 2014 04 the-red-flower-posy-brooch.html a b I am indebted to the research of The Queen's Jewel Vault. Without this blogger's excellent recording I would have spent days trying to find when QEII wore this brooch b QEII in 2017 a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 0470e85f-d057-4fde-9f19-4c45c7adc83e target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane gettyimages-871814730-2048x2048 best.jpg?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt gettyimages-871814730-2048x2048 best a The best image of this brooch was taken at the Newbury Races in 2014. The photographer must have had jewellery lovers in mind!! Newbury Races 2014. Here we can see clearly the composition of the brooch the rubies the gold work and the diamonds. a href https app.photobucket.com u BethBrisbane a c889629b-c482-4e11-8e36-6ea540a420e2 p 8ca5ff96-cf26-4480-8347-875be03fcc47 target blank img src https hosting.photobucket.com images ag105 BethBrisbane brooch 4.JPG?width 1920 height 1080 fit bounds border 0 alt brooch 4 a Jewellery design is not my forte but I find the strong visual impact of the gold jarring against the white metal used for the stem and leaves. I wonder what the designer's intentions were when yellow gold was made such a dominant element? What do others think? I think that it is appropriate that we re-name this brooch and call it the b Flower of Bristol brooch b or simply the b Bristol brooch b . I favour the former. What do others think? Finally below is a video of HM's day in Bristol and Bath in April 1956 iframe width 420 height 315 src https www.youtube-nocookie.com embed sdNaSmCUA3A frameborder 0 allowfullscreen iframe
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