Diamonds from the Crown Jewels of France | Bequest of J.P. Morgan to his Granddaughter, the late Viscountess Harcourt — Diamonds from the Crown Jewels of France | Bequest of J.S. Morgan to his Granddaughter, the late Viscountess Harcourt

The grandfather’s legacy!

In 1856 the crown jeweler Bapst created a comb for Empress Eugenie using diamonds from the French crown jewels. The head ornament had nine long diamond pendants called pampilles or aiquillettes.

At the auction of the French crown jewels in 1887, Tiffany’s bought four pampilles and sold two of them to Junius Spencer Morgan, the wealthy patriarch of the renowned merchant banking family.

He put these 2 pampilles in the safe with this order:

June 30/88

The contents of this box „2 diamond pendants from the Crown Jewels of France“ as described in the papers which accompany them are the property of my daughter Mary Ethel Burns.

They were handed to me by her Grandfather on the 29th June 20/88 to be held in Trust for her.

Walter H. Burns.

It was an exquisite and amazing present to his granddaughter May Burns.
She remounted the pampilles and the twenty-eight diamonds into a fringe necklace. It is said that the old-mine cut diamonds are I to J in colour, SI to I1 clarity in lively brilliance.

More History, the story behind the Royal and imperial Jewel

The Harcourt – Emeralds, Necklace and Tiara | Jewellery

Sketch of The Harcourt – Emeralds, Necklace and Tiara

The Hartcourt Emerald Necklace Collier from Graff

The Harcourt Tiara made by Boucheron old & new version

Harcourt Choker Bandeau with Emeralds from Boucheron

The Harcourt Diamond Tiara Crown

The Harcourt – Diamond Necklace from the French Crown Jewels

Le Collier Harcourt et les Diamants de la Couronne

Grand Peigne a Pampilles| Joyaux de Couronne France| French Crown Jewels

Large Comb with Fringes of Diamonds and the Hortense Diamond| Empress Eugenie| French Crown Jewels

NEW updated!
The historic Dowager Viscountess Harcourt Diamond Necklace went to Tiffany & Co., on auction in October 2015, who first purchased the 28 diamonds on the necklace at the 1887 French Crown Jewels auction in Paris. US$1,548,718 / CHF 1,505,959 Source:Sotheby’s;

When Lady Alice Christabel Montagu–Douglas–Scot, weds the son of the King & Queen of England and Great Britain, she got very priceless presents. An array of this wedding gifts to the royal bride, is in the old part of the Royal Magazin and seen when you follow the links, below.
Gowns from the trousseau which Lady Alice Scott has chosen for her marriage are described. A soft pastel dinner gown in pale amethyst velvet and dull tuquoise blue was seen. The amethyst velvet is softly shirred at the neck and the long sleeves are bordered with wide bands of soft grey fox.

Diamond Art deco Sautoir Wedding Present | Diamond Bracelet with Diamond Triangles to the Duchess Alice of Gloucester — Diamond Art deco Sautoir Wedding Present |
Diamond Bracelet with Diamond Triangles to the Duchess Alice of Gloucester

Some edition and more information about the Art Deco Sautoir:
diamond link sautoir with brilliant and baguette diamond pendant

from the Lord Mayor of London and the Court of Aldermen, the Bank of England and the City Banks of Lloyds and the Baltic)

and the matching Diamond Bracelet with triangle and baguette diamond motifs>>

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The other magnificent royal gifts:

Romanov Royal & Imperial Sapphires |Saphir Historische Safire der Familie Romanoff Jewels

Youssoupoff Sapphires

Royal & Imperial Sapphires | Jewels Jewelry | Saphir Schmuck Historische Safire

Sapphire Parure of the Marie-Louise Empress of France, Archduchess of Austria | Imperial Habsburg

Sapphire Parure for the Imperial and Royal Court | Chaumet:

Frankreich | France Saphires joyaux de Couronne | Les saphirs de la famille d’Orléans

Bonaparte Sapphires Jewelery | Mellerio

Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности