Königlicher Schmuck und die Geschichte der Juwelen von Königin Marie Amelie….
The ORLÉANS SAPPHIRE PARURE| Imperial and Royal Sapphire Queen Marie Amelie of France | Marie Amelie Reine des Français Orleans Saphir Diamant Parure- Schmuck der Königin Marie Amelie von Frankreich|Königlicher Schmuck und die Geschichte
Countess of Paris‘ Diamond Brooch -Andreas Cross of Diamonds
Countess of Paris often wore this magnificent heirloom Diamond Brooch from the Princess of Joinville. Left to her youngest daughter, Princess Chantal, Baroness de Sambucy de Sorgue
Queen Marie Amelie of France Natural Pearl and Diamond Earrings| French Crown Jewels An extraordinary pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, dating to circa 1790, once belonged to Queen Marie-Amélie of France, the last Queen of France. A rare surviving example of authentic French Crown Jewels.Isabell d’Orléans-Braganza, Madame la Comtesse de Paris, Countess of Paris wore the earrings and the other jewels as the 221 pearls as necklace , the St Andres cross brooch, and the bezel pins frequently. However, they were not her personal property. The jewels formed part of the dynastic family collection, and were later sold by her husband, together with the greater part of the family jewels.
Queen Mary Sapphire Diamond Brooch |Marina Duchess of Kent rectangular sapphire and two diamonds sapphire brooch. The jewel was later altered and now used as sapphire clasp pearl necklace by Princess Michael.
Tsarina Maria Feodorovna Sapphire Brooch | Empress of Russia’s oval-brooch octaconal sapphire diamonds Queen Mary Sapphire Diamond Brooch |Marina Duchess of Kent rectangular sapphire and two diamonds sapphire brooch |Sapphire clasp pearl necklace Princess Michael
Queen Mary’s Sapphire Diamond Cluster Brooch |Large Sapphire in four bows setting 1911 Royal Jewels History| British Royal Jewels Queen Mary England later owned by Princess Margret, Countess of Snowdon
Art Deco Diamond Bandeau Tiara Duchess Marina of Kent
An all diamond scroll pattern tiara with brilliant custer centre and entourage of baquette diamonds, was one of the wedding gifts of the Duke of Kent to his bride. It was noted in the royal wedding gift list.
The Duchess of Kent wore the diamond tiara in her earlier times on some occassion, see the picture below.
Duchess of Ratibor Corvey Honeysuckle Diamond Tiara| Marie Herzogin von Ratibor-Corvey Palmetten Diamant Diadem | Royal Jewel History Jewels Historic Jewellery Marie Herzogin von Ratibor-Corvey Palmetten Diamant Diadem | Historischer Schmuck und Juwelen der Herzöge Ratibor-Corvey
The history about the historic tiara of the Duchess of Ratibor-Corvey :
Heart shaped diamond Ornament Tiara Marie Duchess of Ratibor-Corvey Large diadem with palmette in heart-shaped elements with diamonds. As base a double diamond hoop with large solitaires, in between leaf-shaped small motifs, lily-shaped, between the large elements. The gallery set in gold. All motifs are wearable as brooches Jeweler Kobert Vienna 1860.
Princess Marie of Edinburg | Queen of Romania| Royal Jewel Boucheron Diamond hair ornament Misteltoe
Translated from Romanian to E,nglish by Google Translator.
The Jewels of Queen Marie of Romania.
The jewels of Queen Marie of Romania hidden in a villa in Moscow.
Before 102 years, on 14 (27) December 1916, the treasury of the National Bank of Romania was packed in 1738 boxes and sent to Russia.
Besides treasury bills, values belonging to various Romanian private banks, commercial companies, private persons, art collections, documents and money, valued at 314,580,456, 84 lei gold, the Romanian officials decided to put in conditions safe and jewelry of Queen Maria, valued at 7,000,000 gold. The latter were stored in 2 boxes.
The fate of the Queen’s jewels has been the subject of many journalistic investigations in the interwar period. Lastny Novosti, the newspaper of Russian emigrants in Paris, makes an interesting account of the subject in 1933. The royal family’s jewels were handed over to Mr. Constantin Dimandy, then the plenipotentiary minister at Petrograd.
In the spring of 1918, after the departure of ambassadors and foreign ministers from Soviet Russia, Diamandy gave precious objects to the American consul in Moscow. This, in turn, before leaving Russia, handed them over to the Norwegian Consul. The Norwegian Consulate occupied at that time a villa on Charitonov Street no. 15.
At the end of 1918, Norwegian Consulate staff had to leave Russia. To save the treasure entrusted to him, the consul hid the boxes in a wall of the villa in the greatest mystery and hoping that later, Queen Marie’s jewelry boxes would be taken out of the secret hiding place and, of course, from Soviet Russia. One man in Moscow knew about the treasure of the villa, a former servant of the Russian submissive consulate who could not leave with the rest of his staff in Norway. After a while, this servant died. But before closing his eyes, he told a German citizen, a certain K., about the existence of treasure, indicating exactly the place in the wall where the boxes were built. In 1923, K., a refugee in Germany, contacted the Soviet Embassy in Berlin. This individual, K., the secretary of the Soviet Embassy, Iakubovici, and the second secretary, Mirov, concluded a verbal agreement under which K., as a reward for his denunciation, guaranteed a certain percentage of the value of the treasury. The agreement was confirmed in the presence of the representative of the Soviet State Bank, Sergheev-Romm, specially sent to Berlin for this purpose. It seems that German K, born and raised in Moscow, recognized Sergheev-Romm as an old high school colleague. Among friends, the business has settled without difficulty. The formalities were resolved quickly, and K. left for Moscow. Here he was directed to a certain Stein who was given the representative of the Soviet Ministry of Finance. Stein confirmed his understanding between K. and the Soviet Embassy in Berlin through the representatives of Iakubovici and Mirov on the one hand and the bank through its representative, Sergeyev-Romm. The villa on Charitonov Street was at that time occupied by the Czechoslovak Mission. For this reason, he was told by K., coming from Germany, that he can not start looking for the treasure, because the matter is too delicate and he must for now give up. Incidentally or not, in three months, Soviet officials found the treasure.
In the Czechoslovak Mission’s building the guilds appeared, under the pretext that they are workers from the water pipes. They showed a Soviet order in Moscow that had the immediate repair of the upper pipes, otherwise the building would have been threatened to collapse. The treasure was built in a wall on the first floor. During the repairs, the Czechoslovak Mission moved to the second floor. Within a few days, in September 1923, the jewels were discovered and transported to the Soviet warehouse.
In 1928, K. learned, by chance, that the treasure was found and that he was practically pulled on the string. Consequently, he addresses a Berlin lawyer, Bruno Marwitz, asking him to sue a Soviet trial. Marwitz, before commencing the action, addresses the Soviet Embassy in Berlin to confirm whether there was any agreement between K and the Embassy. Iakubovici admits, in a rather imprudent way, that he really spoke to Mr. K. about the treasure, and that, after this conversation, K. left for Moscow. Yakubovich could no longer remember any formal obligations towards K. The process threatens to become embarrassing for the Soviet government, especially since the intervention of the Romanian government, which until then knew nothing of the fate of Queen Mary’s jewels, was inevitable.
In order to get rid of a lawsuit, the Soviet Embassy in Berlin intervened with the German Foreign Ministry, which took the necessary steps with the Ministry of Justice. Interventions were successful, as the process ended with no result: censuses could not be handed over to Ban.
In the year 1903 Grand Duchess Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh, the mother of Queen Marie held a Charity exhibition at Coburg, of her famous jewels, as well with the jewels of her daughters. Some of the missing jewels are on display in 1903.
The Romanov Sapphire and Diamond Tiara stood out as one of the most versatile creations of imperial jewel design. Commissioned in the Russian court tradition, it was composed of magnificent sapphire and diamond clusters that could be worn interchangeably as a regal tiara, brooches, pendants, or even transformed into an Art Deco bandeau in the 1920s.
Pectoral Badge of Yanhuitlan | The wedding gift of the citizens of Mexico was sent by Dr Miguel Alemán Valdés , President of Mexico, on the occasion on the marriage of Princess Elizabeth II in 1947.
Never seen worne in public, by the Queen, but one of the costly presents to her marriage.
Tsars Wedding gift bandeau to Queen Alexandrine, seen above in the picture
attributed to C.E. Bolin, Saint Petersburg 1897-1898, „The Russian Sapphire Tiara“. Provenance: Gift from Tsar Nikolai II of Russia to Queen Alexandrine. Estimate: DKK 1.5-2 million. Sold for: DKK 2 million (EUR 350,000 including buyer’s premium).
Friday afternoon, a historical treasure was up for auction at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen. Queen Alexandrine’s Russian sapphire tiara was sold for DKK 2 million.
„The Russian sapphire tiara is by far the most spectacular Russian objet d’art we have ever sold at Bruun Rasmussen. Here beauty and history come together at the highest level. I am overwhelmed by all the attention this piece of jewellery has garnered from our customers and the Danish and international press,“ says Martin Hans Borg, Bruun Rasmussen’s Head Specialist in Russian Art.
In 1898, Princess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was married to the Danish Crown Prince Christian in Cannes, and the couple were in 1912 proclaimed Queen Alexandrine and King Christian X of Denmark.
One of their wedding presents was the beautiful sapphire bandeau, later rebuild to an tiar. They were given the piece of jewellery by Tsar Nikolai II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia.
In 1933, the Danish royal couple passed on the piece of jewellery to their daughter-in-law Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde at her wedding to their youngest son Hereditary Prince Knud at the Fredensborg Palace Chapel.
After the Hereditary Princess‘ death in 1995, the tiara was given to her son Count Christian of Rosenborg and his family, where it has been until today.
It was the three daughters of Count Christian, Josephine, Camilla and Feodora of Rosenborg, who sold the tiara at the Russian auction.
Who bought the imperial diamond and sapphire tiara?
Probably an museum – or an collector, I had ask for by the auction house, the information will follow.
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности
