. The Harcourt |Laurel Leaf Diamond Bandau Tiara from Boucheron|British Royal Jewel History
The Harcourt |Laurel Leaf Diamond Bandau Tiara from Boucheron|British Royal Jewel History
But only four months before the wedding, her mother, Mary Ethel, Viscountess Harcourt, commissioned a magnificent diamond bandeau tiara from Boucheron in London.
Made in platinum and set with old brilliant, old single and rose-cut diamonds, the jewel centres on a pear-shaped diamond of 3.60 carats. Its scrolls, quatrefoils and stylised olive or laurel leaves form a refined classical wreath design, with the remaining diamonds weighing approximately 85 carats.
The tiara descended from Viscountess Harcourt to Doris, later Baroness Ashburton, and remained in the family by descent — one of the great jewels of the Harcourt collection.
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.
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;
Empress Eugenie of France Imperial large Comb with Fringes of Diamonds and the Hortense Diamond of the French Crown Jewels the story behind the historic jewelry:
Jewels of the Romanovs – Sapphire brooches update after the new cutting of the 249,35ct Ceylon Sapphire – to 197ct. The imperial sapphire was worne from the tsarina at the masked ball in 1883.
Schmuck und Juwelen von Herzogin Pauline von Nassau jetzt im Besitz der Prinzessin Astrid von Norwegen – die Geschichte des Schmucks und ihre verschiedenen königlichen Besitzerinnen
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
Jewel history in the older part of the Royal Magazin, with some updates:
Habsburg Fleur de Lys – Tiara – Marie-Louise of Habsburg Sapphires Parure with Diamonds, Fleur de Lys Brooches, Stomacher, Necklace | Imperial Austrian Bourbon Piacenza Tiara Royal Jewels – Sapphire and diamond necklace that belonged to Empress Marie-Louise of France (1791-1847), the second wife of Napoleon I important sapphires
Sapphire Parure of the Marie-Louise Empress of France, Archduchess of Austria | Imperial Habsburg
Habsburg Sapphires Parure with Diamonds, Fleur de Lys Brooches, Stomacher, Necklace | Imperial Austrian Bourbon Piacenza TiaraRoyal Jewels – Sapphire and diamond necklace that belonged to Empress Marie-Louise of France (1791-1847), the second wife of Napoleon I important sapphires
Sapphire Parure for the Imperial and Royal Court | Chaumet:
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности
