New photos show the monarch in good spirits while commemorating the 70th anniversary of Halcyon Days.
was glowing in a floral dress and layered pearl necklace while she commemorated the 70th anniversary of Halcyon Days.
On Wednesday, the monarch, 95, viewed a selection of artifacts from the British luxury goods company to mark the occasion.Halcyon Days holds all three Royal Warrants to the British royal household as suppliers of objets d'art. It is one of only 14 companies in the world to do so. The company has an entire collection of china and precious artifacts dedicated to the queen's Platinum Jubilee: mugs and tea sets, musical boxes, presentation plates, and enamel boxes decorated with portraits by renowned portraitist Ralph Heimans of Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip.
"Halcyon Days is proud to have marked each of Her Majesty The Queen's major Jubilees since 1977 with a range of handcrafted, commemorative pieces designed to be cherished for generations," the Halcyon websiteIn the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, the queen admired a selection of hand-decorated enamelware—from Halcyon Days' earliest designs from the 1950s to its current collections, which include English fine bone china.
The queen then watched demonstrations of traditional methods of enamel decoration and gilding by hand from master artisans Susan Shakespeare and Susan Jones, per Buckingham Palace.
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