Crown Jewels France| Madame Royale Marie Thérèse Duchess of Angoulême Ruby Parure
Rubies and Diamonds FROM THE OLD ROYAL COLLECTION, MADE FOR THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULEME , DAUGHTER OF LOUIS XVI and Marie-Antoinette, created in 1816 by crown jeweler Meniere.
When the ruby and diamond Parure was sold on 21. May 1887, the pair of earrings and pendants are offered for 20000 Francs and sold for 25200 Francs to the French jeweler Boin Taburet together with the ruby and diamond pendantif. They have not been seen for 134 years.
One of the diamond ruby earring with pendant survived, now as a brooch.
Christie’s offered it, at auction, in November 2021.
Some more addition at the Louvre – one of the ornaments from the ruby and diamond belt are come up to the light.
At the 1946 auction of the estate of Florence S. Schuette, an antique ruby and diamond necklace was offered for sale, see above. The jewel formed part of a five-piece suite originally owned by the Duchess d’Angoulême and is composed of 318 diamonds and 28 oval and round faceted rubies, totaling approximately 60 carats of diamonds and 25 carats of rubies.
At the 1887 sale of the French Crown Jewels, the necklace was repurchased by its original maker, Bapst. At a later date, it entered the jewel collection of Mrs Florence Schuette, most likely acquired by her first husband, Harry Harkness, heir to the Standard Oil fortune and a well-known social figure of his time.
Florence Streuber—née Harkness, née Gaines, later Schuette—was the daughter of a Pennsylvania oil dealer.
The 1946 auction of her jewellery collection comprised 37 lots, which were acquired by Harry Schuette for a total equivalent to approximately USD 7.156 million in today’s value.
The ruby and diamond necklace was subsequently purchased by Van Cleef & Arpels for the equivalent of approximately USD 396,200 in today’s currency. The Maison has a long tradition of acquiring jewels with royal provenance. It purchased two diadems at the 1887 sale and, in 1953, acquired another diadem that was later reset with turquoise and sold to Marjorie Merriweather Post—where it is now preserved in the Smithsonian Institution.
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Als Tatjana Priscilla Walburga Marie Gräfin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems, die älteste Tochter von Franz-Clemens von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems und Stephanie von Blanckenstein, am Wochenende heiratete, trug die Braut einen Teil des Kaisergeschenks, ihrer Ur-Ur-Urgroßmutter, als Diamant Diadem.
Der Adel aus Europa ist am Samstag nach Hohenems gekommen, um eine Hochzeit zu feiern. Die älteste Tochter von Nini und Franz-Clemens Waldburg-Zeil, Tatjana Waldburg-Zeil, hat in der Hohenemser Kirche Sankt Karl den Salzburger Industriellen-Sohn Philipp Eisl geheiratet. Adelige aus zwölf Nationen sind dafür angereist.
480 Gäste aus der ganzen Welt sind zur Hochzeit von Tatjana Waldburg-Zeil und Philipp Eisl in Hohenems geladen. Für die Damen lautet der Dresscode Kurzes Kleid und Hut – fast alle hielten sich daran.
Der Einzug in die festlich geschmückte Pfarrkirche St. Karl ist minutiös geplant – den Start macht der Bräutigam mit seiner Mutter, gefolgt von der Brautmutter mit dem Vater des Bräutigams, den Geschwistern und Großeltern des Brautpaars. Source: ORF
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The bangle was given by the Duke of Windsor to his wife on their first wedding anniversary in 1938, and is inscribed “For our first anniversary of June third”.
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Duchess Camilla of Cornwall, wore Princess Marie Louise’s Diamond Sunburst brooch for the first time.
This diamond all diamond fringe brooch features a diamond cluster surrounded by a ray of fringes with a fringe pendant. It was given to Queen Victoria on her Accession, and she lent it to her daughter Princess Christian for the occasion of the tsar’s coronation in 1896.
The Sunburst, was originally shared between the British Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marie Louise, both granddaughters of Queen Victoria. It was most likely inherited from their mother, Princess Helena of Great Britain, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The Princess Helena Victoria died in 1948 followed by Princess Marie Louise in 1956. The brooch was bequeathed to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and was now seen at first time-worn by Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall in 2021.
Prinzessin Marie-Astrid, die Tochter von Prinz Nikolaus von Liechtenstein wählte am 25. September 2021, nach der kirchlichen Trauung im Dom Santa Maria Assunta von Orbetello mit dem Kinsky Geissblatt Diamant Diadem und stattlichem weißem Brautkleid mit großartiger Schleppe, eine „light“ Variante für den Abend.
Man sieht die Braut im Brautkleid – ohne Ärmel und Schleppe, im Haar mehrere gebündelte Kornähren in Diamanten und Blättern als Haarschmuck.
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Kinsky Jewels | Princess Kinsky – The Kinsky Honeysuckle Tiara dates back to the 19th-century and is made of honeysuckle motifs in diamond, silver and gold. The honeysuckle designs are surrounded by a halo of diamonds, and each element is separated by a vertical torch element. The original version is filled with scroll work, stutted with diamonds and single diamonds on a knife back setting, between the honeysuckle pedals.
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Kinsky Honeysuckle Tiara |The original version above in the sketch from the Archive of Köchert Vienna.
On 25th September, Princess Astrid of Liechtenstein wore the Kinsky Honeysuckle Diamond Tiara, as bridal jewel.
Princess Marie Astrid of Liechtenstein and her husband Ralph Wonthington married today at Duomo di Orbetello, Tuscany.
The bride wore a gown with French sleeves and a V-neckline both in the front and in the back. But if something stood out about him, it was the embroidery that formed crisscross lines and geometric figures throughout the entire design. Great prominence also for the queue, which had to be carried by two of the guests to make it easier for Astrid to walk without much difficulty. And if the tail was long, the veil has not been short, several meters too and lit from the tiara, that element that can not be missing in any royal wedding.
Princess Astrid has chosen the Kinsky Honeysuckle Tiara, also one of the most important of the Liechtenstein royal family. The piece, made of diamonds set in gold and silver, belonged to Princess Marie Aglaë of Liechtenstein. More …
