2-649-938 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Cross Pendant Brooches & Earrings, Suite of Indian Ornaments', 1863. Queen Alexandra's Indian Necklace was one of her wedding gifts from Queen Victoria. It was part of a suite of Indian ornaments comprising a collar, armlet and two bracelets, made from uncut emeralds, diamonds and pearls. The seven-row collar of pearl and emerald beads was hung with a multitude of diamond pendants with emerald or pearl drops. From A Memorial of the Marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra, Princess of Denmark, by W. H Russell. [Day and Son, London, 1863]