I have seen, although I simply cannot remember where, the centrepiece of a braclet, a portrait of Louis XV surrounded by emeralds and diamonds, which apparently belongs to la Comtesse Du Barry.
--Previous Message-- : : In the British Royal Collection I found : mainly porcelain but no jewels. : : Link : http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection-search/madame%2520du%2520barry?solrsort&f&items=12&display=image : : : --Previous Message-- : : Do any of the royal collections contain : jewelry or objects of art that once belonged : to the last misstress of Louis XVth of : France? I just finished reading : "Madame du Barry, The Wages of : Beauty". In the end of the book, she : tried to bargain her way to a stay of : execution by enumerating all her jewels she : had buried in the grounds of of her : chateau,Louveciennes. : : "bags of gold coins, piles of : assignats, diamond, ruby and emerald rings, : miniatures framed in diamonds, golden pencil : boxes, enamelled clocks; the pink perarls : she had worn when Cosway (Richard, a : painter) painted her in London; the last : diamons given her by Brissac (her last : lover); a king's ransom waiting to be : collected from the lily ponds and deer park : as far as the hydraulic machine of : Marly." : : Not to mention the fabulous trove stolen and : recovered to be held in a bank in London : England. : : : Madame Du Barry : : : Madame du Barry, The Wages of Sin by Joan : Haslip : : : : : :
on March 17, 2013, 12:33 pm, in reply to "