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Picture No 10435236
Date 1937
Description The Queen's Crown
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The crown made for Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on the coronation of King George VI when she was Queen Consort. The crown was made by Messrs. Garrard, and mounted in platinum. The foundation is a circlet used by Queen Victoria for court functions, and the Koh-i-Noor diamond is set in the front cross-patÚe springing from it. A drop-brilliant from the Treasury of Lahore, presented to Queen Victoria by the East India Company, is set in the top cross-patÚe.
Source The Illustrated London News, Coronation Week Double Number, 8th May 1937
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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