Sapphire-Cabochons: I. oval shaped cabochon sapphire: 260,37 ct (It was bought by Alexander II. at the occasion of the “Exposition Universelle” in 1862 in Paris for his wife Maria-Alexandrovna.) II. oval shaped cabochon sapphire: 197 ct III. oval shaped cabochon sapphire: 161 ct Facetted sapphires: IV. cushion shaped Ceylon sapphire: 249,35 ct V. cushion shaped Ceylon sapphire: 142,00 ct VI. oval shaped Ceylon sapphire: 65,18 ct
SAPPHIRES DIAMOND COLLAR| Romanov Jewel Gift|British Royal Jewels History Sapphire and Diamond Choker Collier, Silver Wedding present – silver wedding gift to Queen Alexandra of Great Britain – Ireland England
Jewels of Queen Alexandra Sapphires Necklace Silver Wedding gift
SAPPHIRE & AMETHYST TIARA
Probably the tiara was versatile and Queen Alexandra used the frame, to wear the cluster with the cabochons sapphires of here imperial sapphire collar as a tiara.
In 1889 her daughter Louise Princess Royal married the Duke of Fife, to this occassion, it was in the newspapers, the Queen wore a sapphires and diamond tiara. Queen Alexandra Sapphire Tiara or wearable with Amethysts….. Sapphires-Jewels of Queen Alexandra | Royal- Cabochon and sapphire choke necklace |Queen Alexandra Sapphire
Empress Auguste Victoria’s Clover Leaf Coronet – Imperial Vision Transformed Through Time The smaller Clover Leaf Tiara Princess Kira of Pruussia|Prussia Clover Leaf Coronet| Empress Auguste Victoria Prussia | Royal Jewels The Cloverleaf Diadem| Aline von Alvensleben – Prinzessin von Preussen| Das Kleeblattdiadem der Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Clover Diadem
Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the wife of Emperor Wilhelm II and as such from 1888 to 1918 German Empress and Queen of Prussia.
The empress often wore this large oval diamond brooch and Devante de Corsage and was shown in different pictures. The large faceted oval sapphire is framed by 20 evenly sized diamonds and two larger diamonds on the short lengths. A large, even pearl hangs movable on the brooch with an eyelet and three diamonds. There are flourishes made of diamonds on both sides.
Historic Cambridge Sapphires Parure| Katherine Duchess of Kent| Smaller Version with the sapphire and diamond cluster earlier the necklace of the parure, now as sapphire tiara, the two bracelets build the necklace – choker, the brooch is shorted and the sapphire and diamond earrings.
The Duchess wore the smaller version of the historic sapphire and diamond parure in 1984 and 1985 at least in public.
Unfortunately the historic Cambridge sapphires and diamond set, consist of the sapphire and diamond cluster tiara, the sapphire and diamond choker, the sapphire and diamond earrings, the sapphire and diamond brooch was also sold and is not in the royal family anymore.
When the founder of the jewel house Moira died in November 2020, it came up to the light, the historic smaller parure fragments are owned by her.
Duchess of Cambridge famous historic sapphire and diamond parure, later owned by Katherine Duchess of Kent – and sold after 1985 to the jewelry house Moira on the right side.
Princess Gloria, née Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau, has a very high-quality and unusual collection, despite the sale of part of the jewelry and jewels of the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis collected over the years, from which we can see a few remarkable pieces.
The high diadem in the empire style. Like the front side of a grenadier cap, set with diamonds has a large oval sapphire as the center, a large cushion-shaped sapphire is also attached above as a tip, both are carmized with diamonds and changeable. A frame made of diamonds.
Openwork, filigree scroll work of diamonds forms a high structure, acanthus leaves were worked into diamond-set borders and set accents. Another four sapphires are housed as highlights in the central motif, an exceptional jewel in the royal house’s treasury.
Like the complete diamond Parure, the tiara was revised in the 19th century by the renowned company Kreuter, Hanau specialist in white jewels, or supplemented with diamonds and precious stones from home jewelry.
The princess wears a necklace made of small flowers alternately set in diamonds and sapphires, the same size and workmanship, which can be lengthened or shortened as a choker close to the neck. The ear-studs in the lower part match the necklace, a sapphire framed with diamonds.
Archduchess Margarethe Klementine Maria of Austria 1870-1955, was a member of the Hungarian line of the House of Habsburg and an Archduchess of Austria by birth.
She married Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis in 1890, the Prince ordered for her the sapphire and diamond parure by Kreuter, Hanau from older jewels and jewelry to rebuild a new versatile Parure, see above. In 1894, she was first time pictured with the tiara and the necklace.
Fürstin Margit, Princess Margarethe of Thurn and Taxis, in 1894. She was the first time pictured with the tiara and the necklace
Nassau Sapphire and Diamond Tiara| Grand Duchess Adelaide Marie of Luxembourg | Archduchess Gabrielle of Habsburg| Wedding Princess Bourbon Parma| Erzherzogin Gabriella von Österreich Hochzeits Tiara
Maria Pavlovna Romanowa Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar Imperial Royal Diamond and Sapphire Tiara | Saxe-Weimar Imperial Jewelry History
The diadem was designed by the court jeweler Duval in St Petersburg in 1825, see design drawing in the link – and also produced.
Originally, 16 acacia branches set with diamonds were to be arranged as ornaments, as provided in the design. In the original, however, it was much more.
Alternating with this, flower ornaments with diamonds and a sapphire and 2 diamond roses were placed in the diadem.
The „S“-shaped diamond volutes connect the different ornaments with each other.
The base ring consisted of 9 sapphires framed by diamonds and alternating four diamond intermediate parts.
The center of the tiara consists of two sapphires. A crescent-shaped cabochon sapphire and an oval sapphire together form a rosette.
The diadem was originally designed as a Kokoshnik, then as a Coronet crown.
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanova | Sapphire Diamond Necklace Tsar’s Daughter |Saxe-Weimar Royal Imperial Jewels
This sapphire jewellery was made for the decoration of the Maria Pavlovna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia Мария Павловна Романова, at the same time as the Trousseau of her sister Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, later Queen of the Netherlands.
Grand Duchess Feodora of Saxe-Weimar wore the parure – as in the picture with the smaller version of the sapphire necklace. For the wedding of her daughter to Prince Schwarzburg-Rudolfstadt, the Grand Duchess is depicted with the large version of the parure.
A parure of sapphire and diamond tiara, sapphire necklace, sapphire stomacher, sapphire earrings and two sapphire bracelets that the Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Mary’s grandmother, gave to her eldest daughter Augusta in 1843 when she married the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности
