In der persönliche Sammlung der Juwelen von Kaiserin Eugénie ist auch eine Brosche mit drei Tropfenperlen erwähnt.
Ruby and pearl brooch previously owned by Empress Eugenie of France.It was later bought by Mrs Ernest Sassoon Raphael.
The present picture above is Flora Cecilia Sassoon, the daughter of Kate Ezekiel and Reuben Sassoon who married Ernest Raphael, a London financier, in May 1893. (It is one of three portraits of the Raphael family Sargent painted between 1904 and 1906. Each depicts the wife of one of the Raphael cousins) Descendants of Mr. R. Raphael who founded Mrs. Louis E. Raphael (Henriette Goldshmidt) the London branch of the family bank in 1787.
"The studio accessories comprise a French Empire chair with gilt swan's neck arms, a round Empire table, a cast of the Venus Kalipigge (all still in the Ormond family collection) and, in the left background, one leaf of an unidentified screen. Family tradition has it that the pearl, ruby and diamond brooch worn by Mrs. Raphael once belonged to Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III."
The Raphaels were, and still are, the proprietors of a bank and brokerage house in London dating back to the 18th century. They were a prominent and wealthy family, second only to the Rothschilds at the time.
Quelle: The Times; Bernard Morel;
Three pearl and diamond fringe pendants composed of large stones | Broché rubis perles et diamants Eugénie brooch| later in the possession of the Mrs Ernest G Raphael nee Sassoon.
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Empress Eugenie's Personal Jewels
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