The Jewelry Legends Of British Royal -London V&A Museum

Tiffany Chen

From architecture, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, weapons and armors, painting, furniture, jewelry, clothing, fashion, photography, and cross-field performances, one corner and one object, all make the London V&A Museum unique, whether it is a cloister style The sculpture exhibition, or the jewelry exhibition hall in the promenade, this is the most “romantic” museum in London. It is worth wandering over and over again, saying that it is a unique museum in London. It’s not an exaggeration.

The famous British Victoria & Albert Museum in South Kensington, located in the Super Egg Yolk District of London, was established in 1852. It has been renamed Museum of Manufactures and South Kensington Museum twice. It commemorated Britain in 1899. During the “Sun Never Set Empire”, Queen Victoria and her husband-in-law, Prince Albert, officially changed its name to the V&A Museum. Its collection covers 5,000 years of history. Compared with other British museums, it has more traces and collections belonging to the royal family. It is also one of the largest decorative arts and design museums in the world.

Why did the royal jewels of the Queen and the Prince of England be given to the museum by “someone else” afterwards? No one can tell the anecdote here. How can this “little blue crown of love” disappear from the vision of the royal family? Of course, there are also many untestable legends. It is said that at that time, the “Little Blue Crown of Love” was succeeded by King Edward VII, then by King George V and Princess Mary (Princess Mary), and then given to her daughter-in-law The Countess Harewood (The Countess Harewood); Until later, the news that someone applied to export from the UK shocked the UK, and let this evidence of the strength and love of the British Empire shed out. This is a major event of “how to be a decent”! Therefore, the government imposed a special export ban on the “Little Blue Crown of Love”, which means that “it shouldn’t want to leave the United Kingdom.” It was formally acquired in 2017 for US$6 million, and then the V&A “Evidence of Love” was donated back to the “V&A Museum”, and the dust settled.

Located on the second floor of the V&A Pavilion, The William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery exhibits a collection of more than 3,000 pieces of shining and bright jewellery from the 7th century to the present. Rings, pins and accessories boxes, traces from Queen Elizabeth I, the Crown of Manchester, Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Henry VIII to Queen Mary, Catherine the Great of Russia, Emperor Napoleon of France and other holders, the traces are resplendent. The eye-catching makes people linger, and also saw the boutique style of the royal family, such as the love of nature in the 19th century design, and even the romanticism and rococo style. The design is through leaves or flowers, and the love is expressed in the language of flowers. Turquoise, which is intended or has the tradition of protecting the body, belongs to the peerless elegance of that era.

In addition to the small blue crown, the crown of the Duchess of Manchester (Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester) designed by Cartier is not to be missed. This crown is said to have provided thousands of round diamonds and 400 A number of rose-cut diamonds were selected and designed. However, due to the family decline, the crown was handed over to the British government for tax deduction. It is now the permanent collection of the V&A Pavilion.