Chaumet Diamant Eidechsen | A Pair of Diamond Lizards | Diamond Devante de Corsage Brooch Princess Henckel-Donnersmarck Stomacher important Diamond Devante de Corsage
Diamants, Perles et Pierreries provenant de la Collection des Joyaux de la Couronne
4 Brooches Brilliants & Pearls | Empress Eugenie| French Crown Jewels Lemonier brooches jewelry
IMPERIAL JADE JEWEL for Barbara Hutton Princess Mdivani|Royal jewels
Barbara first married with Prince Alexis Mdivani, wore the necklace of imperial jade at NY, see picture left with jade earrings,a ruby and diamond bracelet of French manufactureand other of her jewels.
During her lifetime she had amassed a remarkable collection of jewellery. The few pieces that one is able to identify as part of her vast collection are a tribute to a lady with a great sense of beauty and style.
The Highly Important Jadeite Bead, Ruby and Diamond Necklace, circa 1933 was made by Cartier. Composed of twenty-seven graduated jadeite beads of highly translucent bright emerald green colour, completed by a clasp set with calibré-cut rubies and baguette diamonds, mounted in platinum and 18 karat yellow gold, length approximately 530mm, unsigned. Beads approximately 19.20 to 15.40mm.
The Hutton-Mdivani Necklace, which was acquired by The Cartier Collection was auctioned again in April 2014, eight bidders in the room and by phone competed for 20 minutes, driving the price past twice the estimate and achieving a World Auction Record for any Jadeite Jewellery and a Cartier Jewel at HK for US$27.44 million. Also, the 29.62-carat cushion-shaped oval Burmese Mogok ruby and diamond ring by Cartier, sold for US$7.34 million, set a World Auction Record for a Ruby.
Barbara Hutton | Royal Jewels | Famous Pearl Necklace of Queen Marie Antoinette of France | Important Collier – PearlsWealth american heiress Barbara Hutton and her famous ruby and diamond Necklace made by Chaumet | Ruby and Diamond Collier de Chien, Garlandstyle Ruby Dog Collar, Belle Epoque Choker with Ruby and Diamonds
Stomacher Devante de Corsage Lobanoff jewels. This devant de corsage, a diamond ribbon bow brooch, designed as an old European-cut diamond articulated bow with shaped terminals, circa 1880. Princess Vera Nikolajewna Lobanov Rostovsky (1836-1914). Born Schablickine, she married the prince Jacques Lobanoff de Rostoff in 1858 at Saint Petersburg. The prince and princess were among the first of what was to become the Russian colony in Cannes, living at Villa Tropicale, Allée des Bleuets, from 1903 to 1914.
The magnificent sapphire and diamond parure with elements of the „Thistle of Scotland“ , the „Rose of England“ and the „Irish Shamrock“, as diamond stylised three leaf trefoils, was a heirloom of her mother Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg.
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности