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    Re: Dutch royal pearls question Archived Message

    Posted by Cristina on November 25, 2012, 9:35 am, in reply to "Re: Dutch royal pearls question"

    A lovely landscape. The correct spelling is "Pão de Açucar", it means something like "sugar bread".

    Yes, I've noticed that also, it must be an enamel painted bracelet that Ps Maxima bought or was given during her stay . Not sure the yellow metal is gold...



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    : Yes it's a view of the famous "Pao de
    : Asucar" in Rio de Janeiro next to
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    : The pearl necklace is quite pretty (sorry
    : John R) . The cuff bracelet on Maxima's
    : right wrist above her watch is interesting.
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    : John R, are you familiar with the book
    : Parels
    : en Parelmoer by René Brus and H.E.Coomans ?
    : There's some interesting info (pages 49/50)
    : about Amalia van Solms' specal gift (from
    : Queen Anne of France/Cardinal Mazarin) back
    : in 1644 which eventually found its way to
    : Prussia and which seems to have ended up
    : with Der Kaiser who sold 6 precious pearl
    : colliers in 1923 to A. de Sonderheimer
    : (.....) ???
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