Pair of Coral Earrings
AssociatedAssociated with
Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, 1844 - 1900)
AssociatedAssociated with
Major A H W Brebber
Date1866-1900
Object NameEarrings
Mediumcopper and coral
ClassificationsJewellery
Dimensions1.8 × 1cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2011.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS093374
About MeThe story attached to these earrings is that they once belonged to one of Queen Victoria's sons, Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, in the form of cufflinks. He stabled his horses at a hotel in Dinnet, Aberdeenshire whilst staying at Balmoral, and lost one of the cufflinks at the hotel. The owner of the hotel, who was the donor's father, eventually found it and sent the coral up to Balmoral. The Duke promptly sent his valet back to Dinnet with the pair of cufflinks with the suggestion that the hotel owner might have them set as jewellery for his wife. This was the donor's mother and they acquired the name "The Duke of Edinburgh Corals".
c.1950
