The Duchess of Montpensier has her own pieces. She received a diamond and saphire necklace/tiara for her wedding and she may have inherited some pieces from her family. Her daughter Marie wore a fringe tiara for her wedding that wasn't from either the family of her husband or from the Orléans. I do find it rather sad that the late countess of Paris left her jewels to different children. Had she left the grander jewels as one collection the current countess and the Duchess of Vendome would have had more choice and better pieces to represent the family.
Still her husband could have chosen to keep at least one of the two sets he inherited. He however prefered to sell them.
--Previous Message-- : I did not know that Grandchildren of the : Comtesse de Paris inherited jewels? Glad to : see it. : The actual Comte de Paris inherited a small : tiara his wife wore on her wedding day : (without the center stone) as necklace, : perhaps his first wife the Duchesse de : Montpensier inherited french jewelry too : and has Wurtenberg jewels of her own??? : Thanks Gil10 to have start a thread about : french royal jewels. : : --Previous Message-- : The parure from Queen Hortense was sold to : the : Louvre, not given. I have notes somewhere : about it and will dig in later. : : I believe these earings are a different set : that was purchased at the sales of the : Bijoux de la Couronne in 1887. How they got : to the duchesse of Montpensier is not clear : but i would think they were part of the late : Countesse de Paris collection as she is seen : wearing them. : : I dont have a picture of them, but the set : from Queen Hortense is a bit smaller. : : Also, looking at the old pictures from the : sale, it seems that the earings could have 3 : sapphires and the top one seems to have been : sold separately or removed. : : --Previous Message-- : Mon francais n'est pas assez bien mais . . . : je pensait que ces sapphires etait donne au : Louvre par Henri, le dernier Comte de Paris : . . . ?? Mais pas tout les pieces? : : --Previous Message-- : [img]http:// [/img][img]http:// : [/img][img] [/img][img]http:// : [/img][img]http:// [/img]désolé d'écrire : en français mais mon anglais n'est pas assez : bon-et puis il s'agit de la France. : merci à PDV & Vincent Meylan pour ces : informations & photos - qu'il me semble : utile de partager.. : en effet la Duchesse de Vendome porte des : boucles en saphir , cadeau de la Duchesse de : Montpensier- dont l'écrin est parait il : fabuleux .boucles portées à quelques : occasions par Madame la Comtesse de Paris . : l'origine indiquée par V.M. - vente des : bijoux de la couronne de France en 1887 ne : semble pas discutable mais il faut remarquer : toutefois - voir photos - qu'ii y avait 2 : paires de B.O. en saphirs !des : renseignements complémentaires me seraient : agréables . : : : : : : :
on February 27, 2012, 12:52 pm, in reply to "