Queen Elizabeth's Earrings
Reference code
SIT/01/20/06
Title
Queen Elizabeth's Earrings
Date
c. 1966
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Handwritten description of four pearls, known as 'Queen Elizabeth's Earrings', which feature in the Imperial State Crown, with dimensions and weights given. There is also some correspondence in German relating to a query as to whether these pearls once belonged to Elizabeth Von Der Pfalz.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
Language
English; German