Re: The jewels of Madame Du Barry Archived Message
Posted by TMN Raugravine on March 18, 2013, 7:34 am, in reply to "Re: The jewels of Madame Du Barry"
Thank you both so much. I read that the jewels held by bank in London were turned over to the government and they used the sale of them to fund a troop of soldiers. --Previous Message-- : 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 : : : : : : : :
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