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THE Queen will be presented with one of her favorite types of jewellery in Cork today — a stunning hand-crafted silver brooch. Chris Carroll, who runs Cork Silver: Sean Carroll and Sons one of the city’s last remaining manufacturing silversmiths spent several months researching the project.
He said he finally decided on a brooch because of the Queen’s apparent love of this type of jewellery.
“I noticed that she always wears a brooch during her public appearances. This is a huge Honor. It doesn’t get much better than this,” he said.
The brooch, a model of Cork’s famous Butter Exchange building, is made of 42 individual handmade pieces. It has 18 carat gold mountings and is set with garnets and diamonds to represent the Cork colours.