HQ pic of the Bracelet Archived Message
Posted by Lorenzo on October 18, 2012, 4:45 am, in reply to "Re: Wow...the estimate is $800,000 to $1.4 million - Video of Bracelet"
--Previous Message-- : : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1349864503.html : : --Previous Message-- : "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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