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Oranien Perlen | Historischer Schmuck der Herzöge von Anhalt Askanien

Bedeutdende Perlen des Hauses Oranien, natürliche Perlen zu einer Halskette aufgereiht, mit einem Saphir-und Diamantschliesse aus dem 17. Jahrhundert.
Bestehend aus einem Strang von Naturperlen im Verlauf von ca. 8,10 bis
11,10 mm. Der Verschluss ein kissenförmigen Saphir, mit Oval -und Rundschliff -Diamanten , Länge ca. 425mm. Ehemals doppelt, im 19. Jhdt wurde die Schliesse verändert und ein Teil als passender Ring gefertigt, siehe oben rechts.

Die Perlen wurden von den Nachkommen des Friedrich Heinrich, Prinz von Oranien ( 1584-1647 ) zusammengestellt.
Seine Frau, Prinzessin Amalie zu Solms – Braunfels (1602-1675) war ein leidenschaftlicher Sammler von Gemälden , Kunstwerke und Juwelen. Das Haus von Oranien hatte gute Beziehung zu der Niederländischen Ostindien-Kompanie, somit Zugang zu indischen Perlen von außergewöhnlicher Qualität und Größe.
In Übereinstimmung mit den oranischen Erbrecht , hinterließ
Prinzessin Amalie ihre  persönlichen Sachen ihren vier Töchtern.
Die enorme Erbschaft bestand aus einem Schatz von Gemälden, darunter Werke die sich nun in den
Museen von Berlin, Potsdam und Dessau befinden, sowie Juwelen und ihre viel bewundert Perlen.
Zwei der Töchter , Prinzessin Louise Henriette von Nassau (1627-1667) und Prinzessin Catherine Henriette von Nassau (1637-1708)  erhalten “ Oranische Perlen “ Halsketten.
Die Mitgift der Prinzessin Louise Henriette, Frau des “ Grossen Kurfürsten “ Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, listet 1647 eine Kette von fünfundvierzig runde Perlen, auf 240.000 Gulden, Schätzwert.
Ihre Schwester, Prinzessin Henriette Catherine erhielt eine ähnliche Halskette, als sie 
1659 Johann Georg II. , Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau heiratete .  Alle Perlen wurden Innerhalb der Familie vererbt, durchgängig bis zum jetztigen Besitzer. Aufgrund ihrer großen Bedeutung wurden sie düber die folgenden Generationen auf den wichtigen Porträts getragen. Im frühen 19. Jahrhundert ergänzte Herzogin Louise Henriette von Brandenburg- Schwedt (1750-1811)geb Anhalt die Halskette mit einem beeindruckenden Diamant- und Saphir- Doppelverschluss. Nachdem sich Kaisers Napoleon zu einem Besuch in Dessau, angekündigt hat .

Die beiden Juwelen, als die wichtigsten Stücke der Anhaltschen Hausschmuck – haben die russische Invasion des Zweiten Weltkriegs überlebt.
Die Perlen werden im Mai 2014, in Genf versteigert. Source:Sothebys

Important historic Pearls of the House Anhalt- Dessau, Askanien

The Pearls of the House of Orange‘, a natural pearl, sapphire and diamond necklace, 17th century and later
Composed of a strand of lightly graduated natural pearls, measuring from approximately 8.10 to 11.10mm, the clasp set with a cushion-shaped sapphire, framed with oval and circular-cut diamonds, length approximately 425mm.
The Pearls of the House of Orange‘, a natural pearl, sapphire and diamond necklace, 17th century and later
Composed of a strand of lightly graduated natural pearls, measuring from approximately 8.10 to 11.10mm, the clasp set with a cushion-shaped sapphire, framed with oval and circular-cut diamonds, length approximately 425mm.By family tradition, the pearls from the necklace on the preceding page (lot 384) were assembled by the descendants of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647). His wife, Princess Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675) was a passionate collector of paintings, works of art and jewels. The House of Orange’s relationship with the Dutch East India Company gave them access to Indian pearls of exceptional quality and size. In accordance with the Orange inheritance laws, Princess Amalie left her personal belongings to her four daughters. The enormous inheritance consisted of a treasure trove of paintings including works now in Berlin, Potsdam and Dessau museums as well as jewels and her much admired pearls. Two of the daughters, Princess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1627-1667) and Princess Henriette Catherine of Nassau (1637-1708) are recorded as having received ‘Oranische Perlen’ necklaces. The 1647 dowry inventory of Princess Louise Henriette, wife of the ‘Großen Kurfürst’ Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg, lists a row of forty-five round pearls, valued at 240,000 guilders. Her sister, Princess Henriette Catherine, received a similar necklace in 1659 when she married John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. It is these pearls which were handed down within the family to the present owner and, which due to their great importance, were worn by the following generations when posing for state portraits. In the early 19th century, Duchess Louise Henriette of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1750 to 1811) had an impressive diamond and sapphire double clasp added to the necklace following the announcement of Emperor Napoleon’s visit to Dessau.
Part of the clasp was later removed and transformed into a ring (
Sapphire and diamond ring, early 19th century composite
Set with a cushion-shaped sapphire, within a frame of pinched collet-set cushion-shaped, circular-cut and oval diamonds)
The two items on the preceding page are considered by the family as the most important pieces of the crown jewels to have survived the Russian invasion of World War II. Schmuck der Herzöge von Anhalt

Empress Friedrich’s Jewellery | | Prussia Royal Imperial Pearls |Perlen der Kaiserin Friedrich

Pearl and Diamond Brooch Stomacher Devant de Corsage Wedding Princess Royal Marriage Gifts| Prussia Hohenzollern  Princess Victoria Kaiserin Friedrich Empress Friedrich Princess Royal - Empress Friedrich's Jewellery
Empress Friedrich’s Jewellery Pearl and Diamond Brooch Stomacher Devant de Corsage Wedding Princess Royal Marriage Gifts| Prussia Hohenzollern
 Wedding Crownprincess Victoria - Empress Friedrich | Prussia Hohenzollern
Ouhd Necklace |Royal Gifts and Presents to Princess Royal Victoria
Wedding Crownprincess Victoria – Empress Friedrich | Prussia Hohenzollern
Ouhd Necklace |Royal Gifts and Presents to Princess Royal Victoria
 Crown Princess Victoria and not the current Queen Augusta.
Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom--later Empress Friedrich-
Empress Friedrich’s Jewellery crown Princess Victoria
Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom–later Empress Friedrich-Imperial Pearls Princess Royal | Prussia Hohenzollern History

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Perlen der Kaiserin Friedrich | Prussia Royal Imperial Pearls

Imperial Pearls Princess Royal | Prussia Hohenzollern History -  Empress Friedrich's Jewellery, Empress Friedrich's  diamond stars, Empress Friedrich's Pearls earrings - Empress Friedrich's  Pearl Necklace, Empress Friedrich's Pearlstrings. Empress Friedrich's diamond jewels
Imperial Pearls Princess Royal |Empress Friedrich’s Jewellery Prussia Hohenzollern History

Hochzeit Vicky | Wedding Victoria Princess Royal

Opals - Opalparure -Empress Friedrich's Jewellery Wedding Crownprincess Victoria - Empress Friedrich | Wedding Gifts and Presents  Opal parure opal jewels
Wedding Crownprincess Victoria – Empress Friedrich | Wedding Gifts and Presents |Empress Friedrich’s Opal parure Opal jewels

Hochzeitsgeschenke an Victoria Princess Royal| Marriage gifts and Weddinglist

Empress Friedrich's Jewellery | Prussia Hohenzollern | Imperial Royal Marriage

In 1858 a royal wedding took place that was designed to align the fortunes of Europe's two most important powers, Great Britain and Germany's chief principality, Prussia.
The bride was Victoria, or “Vicky, Princess Royal” the oldest child of England's longest serving queen, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert. The groom was Frederick, or “Fritz,” the son of King William of Prussia.
As the couple left St. James Chapel in London (not Berlin), they were serenaded by Mendelssohn's “Wedding March,” the first time it ever was played at a wedding.

For her wedding, Vicky wore a grown of white silk moiré over a petticoat flounced in lace and wreathed in sprays of orange blossom and myrtle. Her train was trimmed with white satin ribbons and lace. Her lace veil was held in place by a matching wreath, and she wore a diamond necklace, earrings, and brooch.

The Queen, who had chosen lilac silk moiré with a velvet train, wore the crown diamonds and a royal diadem of diamonds and pearls. Queen Victoria wore the George IV diadem.
An "european thinking" - the marriage was primarily the brainchild of Prince Albert, who dreamed that Great Britain and an eventually united Germany, under Prussian leadership, together would guide Europe into a future of liberalism, progress and prosperity.

For Fritz, Vicky ordered an engagement ring set with emerald exactly like the one her mother had given her father. Vicky asked her fiancé to wear it in the same way, on his little finger.  Empress Friedrich's Jewellery
Empress Friedrich | Prussia Hohenzollern | Imperial Royal Marriage Emerald and Diamond Bracelet – Emerald Jewellery
The bride was Victoria, or “Vicky, Princess Royal” the oldest child of England’s longest serving queen, Queen Victoria, and her husband, Prince Albert. The groom was Frederick, or “Fritz,” the son of King William of Prussia.

Kaiserin Friedrichs Muschel und Strahlen Diamant Diadem |Empress Friedrich  Shell and sun burst diamond-tiara

Diamond open shells and sunbeam Tiara | 8 diamond shells and 9 diamond sunbeams as a large diadem of 240ct in diamonds

Empress Friedrich's Jewellery Wedding Princess Royal Marriage Gifts|Royal Diamond Tiara 240ct|Prussia Hohenzollern - shell and sunbeam tiara - shelltiara, diamond tiara
Kaiserin Friedrichs Muschel Diadem |Empress Friedrich Shell and sun burst diamond-tiara royal jewels prussia diamond tiara royaltiara german royals german royalty shell and sunbeam tiara diamond shells as tiara – open shells and sunburst tiara

Lapisarmband und Diamant-Diadem | Lapislazuli-bracelet and diamond tiara

Empress Friedrich's Jewellery Diadem Empress Friedrich's Jewels,Empress Friedrich's Diamonds, Empress Friedrich's lapis lazuli bracelet, Empress Friedrich's bracelets, Empress Friedrich's earrings
Wedding Princess Royal | Fringe Pattern Diamond Ornamets |Corsage Head Jewel Necklace| Prussia Hohenzollern Princess Victoria Kaiserin Friedrich Empress Friedrich Princess Royal

Kaiserin Friedrichs grosse Perlenkette| Empress Frederick´s Pearls

Schmuck der Kaiserin Friedrich | Jewels of Empress Frederick

Empress Friedrich's Jewellery Wedding Princess Royal | Fringe Pattern Diamond Ornamets |Corsage Head Jewel Necklace| Prussia Hohenzollern Princess Victoria Kaiserin Friedrich Empress Friedrich Princess Royal Cache Peigne
Wedding Princess Royal | Fringe Pattern Diamond Ornamets |Peigne Corsage Head Jewel Necklace| Prussia Hohenzollern Princess Victoria Kaiserin Friedrich Empress Friedrich Princess Royal

Historische Perlen der Preussen | Hohenzollern | Prussian Royal Imperial Pearls

Schmuck und Juwelen des Hauses Hohenzollern – Preussen |
Jewellery and Treasures of Prussian Kings and Queens

Empress Friedrich's Jewellery with Diamond and Gold - Empress Friedrich | Royal Jewelry German Prussia Hohenzollern Diademe, Tiaras

When Elisabeth, Queen of Prussia, widow of Friedrich Wilhelm IV, herself died, she left her “magnificent” jewels to Vicky instead of to the Prussian crown, as was traditional with queens of Prussia. Vicky’s mother-in-law, Augusta, never forgave Vicky.
Augusta, who always resented the fact that her predecessor Queen Elisabeth had left her jewels to Vicky, took her revenge by leaving nothing to her daughter-in-law or Vicky’s daughters.
“The Empress left a very large fortune,” Vicky wrote Victoria. “Part goes to William, part to Henry … the largest part to Louise of Baden, & some to Vicky of Sweden… . I think what went to William, who does not want it, might have been parted amongst my 4 daughters & Henry’s son! But I did not expect we should be remembered.”
Empress Friedrich’s Jewellery with Diamonds and Gold| Royal Jewelry German Prussia Hohenzollern

Royal Jewels Bavaria | Schmuck des Königshaus Bayern Wittelsbacher

Krönungsdiadem mit Diamanten | Eglantine Tiara Coronation Crown

Diamond Tiara Wittelsbach Royal Jewels | Queen Therese of Bavaria Coronation Tiaras Coronation Crown Coronation Diadem

Die Kunigundenkrone der legendären Kaiserin Kunigunde

Perlen und Diamanten als Brustschmuck der bayrischen Königin |Schmuck der Wittelsbacher

Königin Amalie – griechische Königin | Die Wittelsbacher auf dem griechischen Thron

Das Perlen-Diadem der Königin Therese von Bayern | Bavarian Lovers-Knots-Tiara

Rubin Spinell Parure der Königin Therese

Das Heckenrosen Diadem der Königin Amalie | Rosebud Tiara of Queen Amalia

Diamant Parure mit Sterne der Königin Amalia | Diamond Parure with Stars of Queen Amalia

Königin Marie von Bayern, geb. Prinzessin von Preussen, die Mutter Ludwig II.

Margarita Theresa |Der blaue Wittelsbacher I

Eleonora | Der blaue Wittelsbacher II

Kaiserin Amalia | Blaue Wittelsbacher III

Bayrische Krone | Wittelsbacher Diamant Neuschliff

Wittelsbacher | Smithonian Ausstellung, mit Graff dem neuen Besitzer>>

Maria Josepha Archduchess of Austria |Imperial Diamond and Emerald Jewels

Maria Josepha Archduchess of Austria |Imperial Diamond and Emerald Jewels Emerald Tiara, Emerald and Diamond Bandeau, Emerald and Diamond Devante de Corsage, Stomacher, Emerald and Diamond Choker Collier de Chien with Diamonds Köchert, AE Koechert Wien, Prinzessin Maria Josepha von Sachsen
Its fifteen square step-cut emeralds were arranged in a very lively design and ists base could be worn separately as a bandeau. A modern matching chocker was made by Köchert as well. The type of corsage poular at the time, large decorative brooches, bowknots and pendants, were all made in the linear style which lent itself to a wide varietey of new possibilties as far as stucture and design were concerned.
Maria Josepha Archduchess of Austria |Imperial Diamond and Emerald Jewels Emerald Tiara, Emerald and Diamond Bandeau, Emerald and Diamond Devante de Corsage, Stomacher, Emerald and Diamond Choker Collier de Chien with Diamonds Köchert, AE Koechert Wien, Prinzessin Maria Josepha von Sachsen

Maria Josepha Archduchess of Austria | Emerald and Diamonds | Royal Imperial Jewels

Maria Josepha von Habsburg, Erzherzogin von Österreich | Kaiserlicher Schmuck

Sisis Diamant-Sterne | Schmuck Elisabeth Marie Erzherzogin von Österreich

Elisabeth Marie Erzherzogin von Österreich| Schmuck der Fürstin zu Windisch-Grätz

Köchert Tiara und Diamant Demi-Parure | Schmuck der Fürstin zu Windisch-Grätz

Archduchess Hedwig of Habsburg Wedding Tiara | Köchert | Royal Imperial Present from her mother Archduchess Marie Valerie

Erzherzogin Hedwig Hochzeits Diadem | Habsburg | Stolberg-Stolberg | Geschenk von Erzherzogin Marie Valerie