--Previous Message-- : Interesting story. I also heard it last night : when watching BB online. The link between : the House Hohenzollern and Queen Sophie is : intruiging. Akkerman said Sophie received it : from the King of Prussia. A wedding present : came to mind. That was as early as 1839. The : King of Prussia at the time was King : Frederik-William III, great uncle of her : husband. A more precise date of the gift : could give us a clue what the joyous : occasion might have been because if it was : such an important jewel it would not have : been given without good (political) reason. : Yes, it would make the pearl necklace, after : some of the large drop pearls which are said : to have belonged to Amalia of Solms, the : oldest pieces in the collection. : : : : --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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