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Zita Empress of Austria | Gift to the Archduchess Diamond Necklace from the Emperor

Zita Empress of Austria | Gift to the Archduchess Diamond Necklace from the Emperor Christening Otto von Habsburg christening present
Zita Kaiserin von Österreich| Imperiale Juwelen -Taufgeschenk des Kaisers Franz Joseph anlässlich der Taufe von Erzherzog Otto von Habsburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

The history of the imperial jewels

Zita Empress of Austria | Gift to the Archduchess Diamond Necklace from the Emperor Christening Otto von Habsburg christening present

Zita Kaiserin von Österreich| Imperiale Juwelen -Taufgeschenk des Kaisers Franz Joseph anlässlich der Taufe von Erzherzog Otto von Habsburg

Zita Empress of Austria |Princess of Bourbon-Parma| Royal Imperial Wedding Jewels Habsburg| Diamond Köchert Tiara Diadem from the Emperor

Zita Empress of Austria |Princess of Bourbon-Parma| Royal Imperial Wedding Jewels Habsburg| Diamond Köchert Tiara Diadem from the Emperor

Kaiserin Zita von Österreich Prinzessin Bourbon-Parma |Diamant Diadem Tiara| Königliche Geschenke und Kaiserliche Juwelen und Schmuck zur Hochzeit

Zita Empress of Austria |Princess of Bourbon-Parma| Royal Imperial Wedding Jewels Habsburg| Diamond Köchert Tiara Diadem from the Emperor

Zita Empress of Austria |Princess of Bourbon-Parma| Habsburg Royal Imperial Wedding Jewels and Guests in 1911

Kaiserin Zita von Österreich Prinzessin Bourbon-Parma | Die Hochzeitsgesellschaft und Kaiserliche Juwelen und Schmuck zur Hochzeit

Diana Princess of Wales ‚Travolta‘ dress by Victor Edelstein, 1985

Shortly before her death in August 1997, Diana requested that the dress be sold in a charity auction. Florida-based businesswoman Maureen Dunkel bought it for £100,000 in New York in June 1997, along with nine other dresses formerly owned by the Princess.

The Travolta dress was the most expensive one sold at the auction. When she went bankrupt in 2011, Dunkel was forced to put them up for auction, but the Travolta dress was one of six that were not sold It was finally auctioned off by Kerry Taylor in London on 19 March 2013, fetching £240,000 ($362,424) and again being the most expensive auctioned dress. It was bought by „a British gentleman as a surprise to cheer up his wife“.

In 2019, it sold for £264,000 ($325,317) to Historic Royal Palaces a charity which looks after royal memorabilia including clothing and artifacts. The dress has joined the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection and belongs to the palace.

Diana Princess of Wales| Sapphire Brooch Necklace Pearl Choker Collier
Diana Princess of Wales| Sapphire Brooch Necklace Pearl Choker Collier

Designed for the Princess by fashion designer Victor Edelstein, this striking midnight blue dress is now on public display at Kensington Palace to celebrate the reopening of the palace this summer.

The midnight blue velvet gown became legendary when the Princess wore it to a White House Gala in 1985 and took to the dancefloor with John Travolta.  Images of the Princess and the Hollywood actor dancing together made headlines around the world, securing a place in fashion history for the stunning gown

Following over four months of closure during lockdown, Kensington Palace will be reopening its doors once more to welcome visitors from Thursday, 30 July. To celebrate the re-opening, the famous ‘Travolta dress’, worn by the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will go on display at the palace for the first time since it was acquired by Historic Royal Palaces at auction in 2019.

The midnight blue velvet gown, designed by Victor Edelstein, became legendary when the Princess wore it to a White House Gala in 1985 and took to the dance floor with John Travolta.  Images of the Princess and the Hollywood actor dancing together made headlines around the world, securing a place in fashion history for the stunning gown.  In 2019, it was acquired by independent charity Historic Royal Palaces and has somewhat fittingly been in conservation ‘quarantine’ ever since, to protect it for posterity.  Like Kensington Palace itself, the dress is now coming out of isolation, and will be on display at the Princess’s former home this Summer for visitors to enjoy.

Famously the birthplace of Queen Victoria, Kensington Palace has been a royal residence for over 300 years.  Lavish Georgian parties were held within its spectacular state apartments in the eighteenth century.  A hundred years later, in 1837, a young Princess Victoria woke up at the palace to the news of her accession to the throne.  In recent years the palace has been home to Princess Margaret – sister of HM Queen Elizabeth II – and Diana, Princess of Wales.  It is currently the London home of TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The palace closed in March 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and has since been quiet, with the shutters of its famous galleries closed to protect the remarkable collections on display.  Palaces staff have returned to Kensington this week to gradually ‘reawaken’ the palace and install and array of new measures to ensure returning visitors feel safe.  Hand sanitiser dispensers and social distancing signage have been installed across the site.  Visitors are asked to book in advance, to help Historic Royal Palaces manage capacity, so visitors can enjoy their time at court with plenty of space.  The State Apartments and the rooms Queen Victoria grew up in will both be open, with visitors asked to follow a one-way route through the palace.

Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that cares for Kensington Palace, is hoping visitors will show their support for its national treasures by returning for a visit this Summer.  The charity is dependent on visitor income and facing a £98 million shortfall in its finances following the pandemic.  The return of visitors will make a vital contribution to the charity’s work caring for Kensington Palace and sharing its stories with the public.

Sam Owen, Head of Kensington Palace, said,

‘We are delighted to be welcoming visitors back to the palace again this Thursday.  Kensington Palace was built to be enjoyed by hundreds of people and it’s been sad to see it so quiet over the past couple of months.  Myself and the team can’t wait to welcome visitors back again and give them a suitably royal welcome.  We’ve never needed their support more – each visit is an important contribution to help us maintain this wonderful building for generations to come.’

Diana Princess of Wales Sapphire and Diamond Cluster Brooch Choker| Royal Jewels History

Diana Princess of Wales Sapphire and Diamond Choker | Russian Cluster Brooch | Gift of Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Diana Spencer

Countess of Bathurst | Royal Gifts and Wedding Prestents | Nobel Dimonds & Royal Jewel History

Countess of Bathurst | Royal Gifts and Wedding Prestents | Nobel und Royal Jewel History
Countess of Bathurst | Royal Gifts and Wedding Presents | Nobel and Royal Jewel History

A BRIDE’S TROUSSEAU.

The trousseau of Miss Lilias Borthwick, of which we had a glimpse yesterday, is the perfection of dainty simplicity| November 1893

The gown both for day and evening wear depend on for their effect their perfect cut, rather than on costliness of material. The trousseau includes several useful tailor-built gowns, one of navy serge with open jacket worn over a fawn-coloured Tattersall vest; another of gendarme blue home-spun, and third of brown-fleoked Scotch tweed, which is being made near the bride’s Highland home by a lady who enjoys the patronage of Royalty, was specially charmed with Cuttle Russian coat of gendarme blue cloth, with big square collar and revers sable and quaint strap fastenings on the bodice. The basque was attached to a ribbon belt fastened with buckle of oxidized silver. Cozy wrap of fawnooloured serge was lined through with gray squirrel fur and bordered with soft brown bear fur. The high collar was cut in one with the cloak.

Quaint Spanish buttons of old silver were used on the bodice of useful little gown black diagonal with bands of crimson velvet the skirt and a crimson velvet vest.

For her wedding journey tho Isle of Wight the future Lady Bathurst has selected dress and coat of brown hopsack tweed. The skirt has border of mink and a band petunia-coloured mirror velvet covered with brown passementerie. The bodice has square yoke back and front of the petunia velvet, edged with passementerie. Both coat and skirt are lined with petunia-red shot silk. A large picture hat of brown velvet with plumes of ostrich tips on the left side is to be worn with the dress. Most the future Countess Bathurst’s evening gowns are guiltless of trains, these appendages not being much approved by the sensible and practical young lady.

Among these gowns is a charming dinner dress of white silk, powdered with tiny pink flowers. The hem flounce is run on green and pink baby ribbon, which is knotted here and there, and the bodice and Empire sash are trimmed with gold enamel trimming. A dainty gown of blue moiré has the skirt trimmed with donkey ear bows blue velvet and bands of velvet covered with passementerie of white and colored pearls, the bands forming deep point in front. Another evening dress of de Nil armor silk, with a double flounce of embroidered chiffon arranged pagoda-wise the skirt.

A very pretty Whatteau tea gown in light yellow, has points caught with a rosette on the train and the slight train falls from 8 rosettes between the shoulders. A charming little tea gown in rise pink Lilac silk has full front the silk circled with a quaint chain girdle and clasps of oxidized silver. Dainty dressing gowns, heaps of pretty lingerie, and a variety of headgear were among the wedding finer v displayed in the young bride’s pretty sitting room near the top of Sir Algernon’s high house in Piccadilly, the windows which command magnificent view over the green park.

 

Above in the picture: Lilias, Countess Bathurst

The most valuable piece from the collection of Countess Bathurst, is an early 20th Century Diamond Tiara, commissioned from Cartier by Lilias, Countess Bathurst (1871-1965).

Made from  old and rose-cut diamonds, silver and gold, (circa 1910) the stones were taken from two tiaras,  Countess Bathurst inherited from her mother Lady Glenesk.

The tiara and the preceding corsage brooch, is the epitome of aristocratic splendor and the delicate Belle Époque scrolling motifs were inspired by 18th century architectural details.

Compared to many Victorian tiaras with their often heavy style of mounting and high surmounts this early 20th century example must have felt comparatively ethereal, and it is not surprising that Gloria Bathurst clearly enjoyed wearing it and was photographed wearing this beautiful head ornament on various grand occasions.

 

Lilias Countess of Bathurst | Cartier Diamond Stomacher and Cartier Diamonds Tiara | Nobel Diamonds & Royal Jewel History

Countess of Bathurst | Gloria Bathurst |Royal Gifts | Nobel Heirlooms Diamonds & Royal Jewel History

Lilias Countess of Bathurst | Natural Pearl and Diamond Tiara | Important Pearls, Diamonds & Royal Jewel History

Lilias Countess of Bathurst | Queen Anne Pearl Necklace | Historic Natural Pearl | Nobel Diamonds & Royal Jewel History

Lilias Countess of Bathurst | Diamond Brooch of large Diamonds| Nobel Diamonds & Royal Jewel History

 

 

 

Princess Henriette von Auersperg | Bohlen und Halbach Diamond Roses Necklace Collier Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany

The story of the jewels from the estate of Princess Henriette of Auersperg, wife of the last Krupp,  the Boucheron Art Deco diamond bracelet with pattern of stylized roses and:

Princess Henriette von Auersperg | Bohlen und Halbach Diamond Roses Necklace Collier Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany
Princess Henriette von Auersperg | Bohlen und Halbach Diamond Roses Necklace Collier Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany

Diamond Roses Necklace Collier Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany

Diamond Trefoil Necklace Collier Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany

Diamond Boucheron Bracelet Roses|

Boucheron Art Deco diamond bracelet with pattern of stylized roses| Princess Henriette AuerspergBohlen und Halbach noble jewel hi
Boucheron Art Deco diamond bracelet with pattern of stylized roses| Princess Henriette AuerspergBohlen und Halbach noble jewel

Princess Henriette Auersperg Bohlen und Halbach Krupp |Diamonds Royal Jewel History Germany

Almandine Diamond Diadem Tiara |Jewels Tobolsk| Imperial Personal property of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna

Empress Alexandra's diamond diadem almandine tiara Almandine Diamond Diadem Tiara |Jewels Tobolsk| Imperial Personal property of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna
diademe Kreuter & Co Imperial Tiara - diademe Kreuter & Co
Empress Alexandra’s diamond diadem almandine tiara

Almandine Diamond Diadem Tiara |Jewels Tobolsk| Imperial Personal property of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna

LOOP TIARA | Diamond Loop Diadem | Circlet Tiaras || Diamant Schlaufen Diadem

Romania Queen Marie diamond circlet loop tiara , diamond circlet , worn on the coronation of the tsar
Romania Queen Marie diamond circlet loop tiara , diamond circlet , worn on the coronation of the tsar, Tsar Nicholas’ coronation in 1896.

Loop Cartier Diadem der Prinzessin Anastasia von Griechenland

Loop Diamond and Pearl Cartier Tiara|Royal Greek Jewel History| Princess Anastasia of Greece

Diamond and Pearl Loop Cartier Tiara| Princess Anastasia of Greece| Royal Historic Jewelry

Loop Cartier Diadem der Prinzessin Anastasia von Griechenland

Queen Marie of Romania| Royal Wedding Gift Duke of Coburg | Princess Marie of Edinburgh| Loop Tiara |Royal Circlet Diamond Tiara

Imperial Jewelry of Grand Duchess Marie| Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, wife of ALFRED Ernest Albert Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, and Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Faberge Pearl Diamond Tiara|Circlet Loop Diadem| Imperial Romanov Jewel History

Marie Grand Duchess of Russia, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Diamond Loop Tiara Sultan Abdul Hamid|Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia| Royal Jewel History Hohenzollern | Kaiserhaus

Kronprinzessin Cecilie von Preussen| Diamant Diadem Hochzeitsgeschenk des Sultan Abtdul Hamid

Queen Victoria Eugenie Aquamarine Parure|Diamond Loop Tiara| Spain Royal Jewels

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Loop Tiara | Diamond Loop Diadem| Circlet Aquamarine Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain Torlonia
Loop Tiara | Diamond Loop Diadem| Circlet Aquamarine Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain Torlonia  Picture: Archive Ursula Butschal

Ivy Leaf Devante de Corsage| Diamond Pearl Diamond Stomacher| Wedding Present to Queen Elena of Italy

 Italian royal tiaras: Ivy Leaf Devante de Corsage| Diamond Stomacher| Wedding Present to Queen Elena of Italy
Ivy Leaf Devante de Corsage| Diamond Stomacher| Wedding Present to Queen Elena of Italy | Ivy Leaves Tiara | Vine Leaves Tiara <Italian royal tiaras

Die spannende Geschichte hinter den Juwelen und Schmuck der Königin von Italien, Prinzessin Helena von Montenegro

The story behind royal jewels:

Ivy Leaf Devante de Corsage| Diamond Pearl Diamond Stomacher| Wedding Present to Queen Elena of Italy Princess of Montenegro

 

Royal and Imperial Jewels of Italy | Elena of Montenegro Queen of Italy | Diamond Ivy Leaf Stomacher Tiara Diadem

Princess Maria Pia Diadem |Princess Maria Gabriella Royal and Imperial Jewels of Italy | Diamond Ivy Leaf Stomacher Tiara Diadem

Diamonds | Royal and Imperial Crown Jewels of Bulgaria | Giovanna of Bulgaria | Diamond Ivy Leaf Tiara Diadem

Juwelen und Schmuck der Tsaritsa von Bulgarien | Queen Consort Margarita of Bulgaria | Diamond Ivy Leaf Tiara Diadem

Princess Eleonora | Royal Imperial Diamond Crown | Tsaritsa of Bulgaria

 Italian royal tiaras: Princess Maria Gabriella of Italy of Savoy Diamond Bandeau Ive leaf Tira Diadem Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia
Italian royal tiaras: Princess Maria Gabriella of Italy of Savoy Diamond Bandeau Ivy leaves Tiara Diadem Princess Maria Pia of Yugoslavia

Princess Eleonora Jewels and Tiara | Königlicher Schmuck und Juwelen | Bulgarien

Princess Maria of Bulgaria| Princess of Vidin | Wedding | Royal Diamond Tiara

Princess Carla of Bulgaria| Princess of Panagjuriste | Royal Diamond Tiara

Countess Galloway Famous Jewellery| Diamond Greek Key Wave Tiara Bandeau | Countess of Galloway’s Diamond Tiara | Heirloom Jewels History

Famous Jewellery| Diamond Greek Key Wave Tiara Bandeau | Noble Jewelry | Countess Galloway | Heirloom Jewels History

Countess Galloway Famous Jewellery| Diamond Greek Key Wave Tiara Bandeau | Noble Jewelry |  Heirloom Jewels History
Countess Galloway Famous Jewellery| Diamond Greek Key Wave Tiara Bandeau | Noble Jewelry | Heirloom Jewels History
Wedding Countess of Galloway | Greek Key Wave Diamond Diadem | Marriage Present and Gifts to the Bride  Countess of Galloway’s Diamond Tiara was the spectacular Jewel worn by the American Heiress who was the sister of Countess Carnarvon and married to the 12th Earl of Galloway (

JEWELS WEDDING PRESENTS

Among the many wedding gifts were the presentation from residents of Newton Stewart—antique wine coolers—silver loving cups from the past and present tenants on the estate, employees and household staff, a silver inkstand, which were all presented a week ago, when Lord Galloway was entertained in the M'Millan Hall, Newton Stewart, of which burgh his father was one time Provost.
Wedding Countess of Galloway | Greek Key Wave Diamond Diadem | Marriage Present and Gifts to the Bride

JEWELS WEDDING PRESENTS
Among the many wedding gifts ……Wedding Countess of Galloway | Greek Key Wave Diamond Diadem | Marriage Present and Gifts to the Bride

Famous Jewellery| Diamond Greek Key Wave Tiara Bandeau | Noble Jewelry | Countess Galloway | Heirloom Jewels History

Florence J. Gould | Important Jewels| Blue Princess Sapphire

Florence J. Gould Blue Princess Sapphire Necklace and important jewels
Florence J. Gould Blue Princess Sapphire Necklace and important jewels

Florence Gould, a patron of the arts, died in her villa on the Mediterranean in 1983. She was 87 years old.

Mrs. Gould had moved to the villa after the death of her husband, Frank Jay Gould, in 1956. She was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Maximilien Lacaze, a French publisher who made his fortune in the United States. She interrupted her career as an opera singer in 1923 when she married Mr. Gould, who was the son of Jay Gould, the American railroad magnate.

When Florence J. Gould, a patron of the arts and daughter-in-law of the railroad magnate Jay Gould, was 80 years old, she packed most of her jewelry and went to Japan and Southeast Asia.

The necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, brooches and clips she took with her on that 1976 trip, jewelry now valued at about $8 million, will be auctioned next Wednesday at Christie’s.

“She let all the women in a geisha house try on her jewels,“ Daniel Wildenstein, the art dealer, recalled of an incident he witnessed as her companion on that journey. He was wary, he said, but Mrs. Gould was not, and “she was proven right – all the jewels came back.“

In Cambodia, Mrs. Gould, generously decked out in gems, traveled by elephant to see the temples of Angkor. On another occasion, Mrs. Gould, wearing rings on her fingers and jewels at her throat, rode off into the Cambodian jungle in a pedicab with only a guide.

“She was full of diamonds,“ Mr. Wildenstein recalled, adding that he feared for the safety of his friend and client.

“I was certain she’d never arrive alive. She wasn’t the least bit afraid. Of course, all was well.“ Mrs. Gould’s jewelry remained intact on that trip, and she wore most of it frequently at El Patio, her villa at Cannes, until her death at 87, a year ago. The bulk of the extraordinary jewelry holdings of the widow of Frank Jay Gould – he was Jay Gould’s youngest child and a real-estate tycoon who developed Juan-les- Pins on the Riviera – will be on view all this weekend and through next Tuesday at Christie’s, Park Avenue at 59th Street.

Not all of Mrs. Gould’s jewelry is in this sale – some pieces were sold earlier, and others were stolen. Following a 1978 theft at her estate, involving $1.4 million worth of jewels, Mrs. Gould spoke lightly of the loss. “She used to say, ‚Thank heaven, they only got my everyday jewelry,‘ “

John Young, a director of the Florence J. Gould Foundation, said, adding that the most valuable pieces stolen were a three-strand necklace of 97 pearls, worth almost $700,000, and an 85-pearl chain.

The purpose of the foundation, which benefits from most of Mrs. Gould’s $100 million estate, is to foster French-American amity. Mrs. Gould, who was born in San Francisco and studied opera before she became Mr. Gould’s third wife in 1923, died without heirs.

 

The star among the 87 offerings in the sale is a sapphire necklace valued at as much as $1.5 million. The design began as a simple necklace devised by Van Cleef & Arpels, using a spectacular 114.30-carat sapphire, “The Blue Princess,‘‚ with diamonds.
Mrs. Gould subsequently made “The Blue Princess“ the center of an assemblage of sapphires and diamonds, a necklace that she styled and Georges Bidault, a jeweler with a workshop outside Paris, fabricated.

Second only in value to the sapphire is the “Victory“ diamond, 31.35 carats, mounted as a ring, which was named for the Allied victory in World War II because the rough stone from which it was cut was discovered in Sierre Leone in 1945 at the end of the war.
The rough stone was the third- largest ever found in Africa. The ring is estimated to sell for up to $700,000.

Mrs. Gould had a passion for pearls, and more than one superb necklace remains.
A pearl and diamond fringe necklace by Alexander Reza, a Paris jeweler on the Place Vendome is estimated to sell for up to $300,000.
“If we had five of them, we could sell them all, so strong is the interest,“ Francois Curiel, Christie’s jewelry specialist, said. Mr. Reza also fashioned for Mrs. Gould an emerald-bead necklace of carved fluted stones, the size of marbles, which is estimated to bring up to $220,000.

She wore diamonds from head to toe – as Mr. Curiel discovered when he checked her closets and found a pair of diamond clips on her shoes. She wore fakes too – there are three fake diamonds, two fake sapphires and an ersatz emerald in the sale. The fakes and the fish – there are numerous fish-shape pins, crafted of sapphires and diamonds, and of ivory, diamonds and emeralds – are, according to Christie’s, attracting the most interest among lower-price offerings in the sale.

On April 12, 1984 her jewelry was sold  for $8 million, the highest price then ever reached at auction for a single collection of jewelry.

Jewelry Collections Of Prominent Women

Jewelry that was owned by three other women who were prominent in their careers and as hostesses will be offered next week in three sales at Sotheby’s, York Avenue at 72d Street. Eleanor (Cissy) Medill Patterson, publisher of The Washington Herald until her death in 1948, was partial to the black-pearl necklace and earrings that will be sold next Thursday at 2 P.M.

Miss Patterson bought the string of 22 natural black pearls, separated by diamonds, with matching ear clips in 1934, when she saw them in the window at Cartier in New York.

According to an account in “Cissy,“ a biography of the publisher by Paul Healy, Cartier had just acquired the jewelry from Prince Youssoupoff, a Romanov, who told Jacques Cartier that two of the pearls had belonged to Catherine the Great.
Miss Patterson left the pearls to Evie Robert, a friend, who was a columnist, and whose daughter Alice Birney Robert Jones is the consignor. Sotheby’s expects the pearls will bring as much as $200,000.

Following the death in 1975 of Perle Mesta, the celebrated party giver who was Minister to Luxembourg under President Harry S. Truman, her jewelry was purchased by an antiques dealer, who sold it to a collector.
Now the collector, who has not been identified, is selling Mrs. Mesta’s suite of aquamarine and diamond jewelry, comprising a necklace, pendant, ear clips and brooch (up to $30,000), and an emerald and diamond brooch (up to $20,000). These will also be auctioned.

Thank you to Laura!