The colorized B&W photo courtesy of ‘Page Siam Colorization by Noomrattana’ shows Queen Saovabha Phongsri, King Rama V’s Supreme Queen Consort, dressed in European style adorned with jewelry.
Her beloved grandson, Prince Chula Chakrabongse (page 16/383) once wrote about his grandmother’s jewelry that:
“…while dressing out to participate in any events, Grandma would have the servants bring out all the jewels to display before her to choose. All, except the large sets which were kept in the Grand Palace’s. Still, the small sets of jewelry look bedazzled like those jewelry stores in the European capitals. The servants had to carry several trays, some of which held around 60 rings decorated with different jewels, all in one tray…”