I found it quite unusual that Sophie of Wurttemberg would receive a necklace from the Prussian Royals. She and Willem III were ill-matched but both had a strong dislike for Prussia. Previous generations were much closer related. There is one situation i can think of: Princess Marianne of the Netherlands being given the pearl necklace upon her marriage to prince Albrecht and she deciding to give it as a weddingpresent to her nephew's bride.
--Previous Message-- : The necklace of Orange pearls sold by Wilhelm : II's sister was the pearl necklace of : Princess Amalia. Ilse Kuiper reports that it : was sold at Frederik Muller's auction house : in Amsterdam in the early 1920s without : giving a source (article about court jeweler : Thomas Cletcher, Jaarboek Oranje-Nassau : Museum 1992). René Brus (1996) reports the : same also without stating a source. : Martijn Akkerman's story about Queen : Sophie's necklace was totally new to me. : : --Previous Message-- : On Dutch tv last saturday (Blauw Bloed) : there : was a report of favorite jewelry of queen : Beatrix. One of the items was a short pearl : necklace. : The jewelry expert stated that this necklace : dated from 1642 and was originally a gift : from the city of Amsterdam to princess : Louise Henriette when she married the : Elector of Brandenburg (later Prussia). : He said that the necklace was for more then : 200 years in the Prussian royal family : untill the king of Prussia gave it as a : present to queen Sophie in the 19th century. : I had never heard of this. I remember : reading somewhere that princess Victoria of : Prussia (sister of Wilhelm ll, sold her : jewelry at auction in Amsterdam amongst a : pearl necklace but I cannot confirm this. : : Anyway, if this is correct it would make : this necklace one if not the oldest peace of : jewlery in the Dutch collection. : : :
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