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    Re: Peridots Archived Message

    Posted by Barbara D. on August 17, 2012, 3:10 am, in reply to "Re: Peridots"

    Thank you Maridje. I re-found my notes about the jewels and noticed, that I remembered wrongly with "French Crown Jewels". Though, the jewels are regal (with AD Isabella in the list of owners even imperial ).

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    : Sale 4000
    : Jewels for Hope:
    : The Collection of Mrs Lily Safra 14 May 2012
    : Geneva
    :
    : more infos / Provenance
    : Countess Marina Coudenhove-Kalergi
    : (1927-2000) Count Johannes
    : Coudenhove-Kalergi (1893-1965) Archduchess
    : Isabella of Austria (1856-1931)
    :
    : Lot Description
    :
    : A SET OF ANTIQUE PERIDOT AND DIAMOND
    : JEWELLERY
    : Comprising a devant de corsage, designed as
    : a
    : cushion-shaped peridot in an old-cut diamond
    : frame, to the diamond flowering surround,
    : suspending three pear-shaped peridot and
    : diamond
    : pendants, a pair of earrings en suite, with
    : detachable
    : pendants, mounted in silver and gold, circa
    : 1825, Austrian, brooch 9.3 cm, earrings 7.1
    : cm Probably by Kochert (2)
    :
    : Literature
    : V. Meylan, Queen's Jewels, Assouline, New
    : York, 2008, p. 166-167, illustrated p. 165
    :
    : from Christie's
    :
    : http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=5552681
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