Wow...the estimate is $800,000 to $1.4 million - Video of Bracelet Archived Message
Posted by Luke on October 18, 2012, 12:23 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Victoria Eugenia's bracelet to be auctioned in November"
"The pièce de résistance of this collection, however, is a lavish conch pearl Cartier bracelet which once belonged to Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. A connoisseur of fine jewelry, Queen Victoria Eugenia was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. In 1906, she married King Alfonso XIII of Spain, making her a part of the affluent Spanish royal family. The conch pearl Cartier bracelet, like many other jewellery pieces which are part of Queen Victoria Eugenia’s legacy, is a majestic piece befitting the beautiful Queen who commissioned it. The central fruiting vine motif is seen in other ‘tutti frutti’ bracelets made by Cartier during the interwar period. However, the use of conch pearls is unique to this bracelet. The bracelet recently featured in the book ‘Celebrating Jewellery: Exceptional Jewels of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’ by David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti where it was coined as one of the most extraordinary pieces of jewelry prevalent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries." http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xueqtr_raw-video-exclusive-royal-bracelet-to-be-auctioned-in-switzerland_news
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