I assume that the King and the Prince of Asturias wore offered this piece first in case they would be interested in buying it. Then the owner contacted the auction house. Given the economical and social situation it would not be likely that they chose to buy such an expensive piece, even from a relative. A pity... Queen Victoria Eugenia owned fabulous pieces, she was a lady that really loved jewelry. I read sometime ago how, that when she had a flue or was not fealling all right, she would go and sit on her bed and ask her lady in waiting to bring her boxes of jewels. The Queen then spent a lot of time admiring her jewels, her favourites were her long diamond riviéres (los collares de chatones).
Many years ago on HOLA magazine the Count of Barcelona remembered in one interview what he felt as a litlle boy the first time he saw his mother dressed up for a gala evening. The litlle boy was mesmerized by all that glitter and he told his mother Queen Ena: "Mammy, you look like a Christmas tree!" Well, the beautiful Queen Ena wearing some dazzling early XXth century gala dress, all covered in jewels glittering at candle light would be in fact stunning to see .
--Previous Message-- : : : --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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