Mary Tudor pearl

This pearl is currently on loan to the Smithsonian, who make no claims of its history or provenance.

It was then sent to Mary I as part of the negotiations for her marriage to Juana's brother, Philip of Spain and is seen in contemporary portraits, suspended from a circular golden brooch.

[4] In Mary's will, she specifies other gems Philip gave her, including large diamonds but does not mention the pearl.

[5][6] A 1554 portrait of Mary I by Hans Eworth, which prominently shows The Tudor pearl, was owned by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton when they mistakenly believed it depicted the La Peregrina pearl which Burton had recently gifted his wife for Valentine's Day.

[7] When the Burtons discovered that the British National Portrait Gallery didn't have an original painting of Mary, they donated their recent acquisition.