Large pearl necklace Archived Message
Posted by Johan on August 11, 2013, 12:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Jewelry of queen Sophie of the Netherlands"
I meant the single strand of large pearls still in the Orange-Nassau collection not the three strands we see in the Winterhalter portrait. Come to think of it, could the Winterhalter-necklace be the single strand twisted into a necklace of two strands? I know several of her pearl necklaces were sold by Wiwill. --Previous Message-- : Some say the (tiara of) Stars were on loan : from Sophie's family in Wurttemberg, others : believe the stars may still exist in the : Dutch vaults. Confusion arises each time : because Alexander's inheritance mentioned a : tiara consisting of seven diamond stars.... : : The Large Pearl Necklace does not seem to be : in the posession of the Dutch Royals. They : must have been worth a fortune! : : The brooch is a very well known piece of : course. : : The 'Fringe' paiting has always puzzled me. : Sophie looks very young, extremely odd (even : if we consider she was not the presttiest : thing), none of the Jewels match and the : portrait is of a rather mediocre quality. A : miracle it survived at all IMHO. : : The well known Cameo portrait is stunning : but again, the tiara is not in the posession : of the Dutch Royals. To me it always looks : like a wedding portrait. : : The Portrait with coronet is also well known : and shows the tiara which some claim was : used to create the pearl button tiara. I am : still not convinced as the motif and spacing : of the base is too different from the : current one but I seem to be standing alone : in this. And before someone claims one of : the large leaves was used to create a : diamond and pearl leaf brooch: it was not as : can be seen in the Winterhalter portrait and : other portraits for that matter, it already : existed..... : : : : : : As said, the Ears of Wheat brooches, later a : tiara, can be traced with some certainty to : the Romanovs as can the diamond bow corsage : with the five (!) pink diamonds and pearl : pendants. There's a riviere of diamonds that : is said to have come from Maria Feodorovna. : She was grandmother to both King Willem III : and Queen Sophie. Some smaller pieces may : very well also have a Russian provenance. : : : --Previous Message-- : Sophie's jewels were split between her two : surviving sons Wiwill and Alexander. Wiwill : sold part of his inheritance, Alexander : tried to buy most of them back. : : Alexander's inheritance went straight to his : half-sister Wilhelmina. Her mother Emma had : many of the pieces reset for the young : queen. : : The Peacock Ruby Parure is made from : diamonds and rubies that belonged to Sophie. : : The 5 buttons that have been set on the : tiara frame to form princess Margriet's : wedding-tiara and the one Beatrix wore for : her investiture belonged to Sophie. As did : the pearl and diamond leaf brooch with : drops. : The diamond ears of wheat also were part of : Sophie's collection. : : Some of her pearls were sold, but the big : pearl necklace probably stems from Sophie, : as did the diamond rivière of her : grandmother Empress Maria Feodorovna. : : : The Cameo-tiara disappeared, after her : death. It wasn't part of the list of jewels : in Alexander's inheritance. The likeliest : scenario is that Wiwill inherited and sold : this piece. : : The star tiara of the famous : Winterhalter-portrait is most likely a piece : of the Würtemberg-collection and was only : loaned to Sophie for the portrait. : : The diamond fringe tiara is a mystery. I've : never come across the mentioning of a fringe : tiara in the Dutch collection. It may simply : be artistic freedom. : : --Previous Message-- : That fringe diadem is really impressive, : painter's imagination or not. I only know : Queen Sophie of the Netherlands from the : middle picture, looking quite sad. The other : two pictures are new to me. : : I believe many jewels were left to her : eldest son Prince Willem, the Prince of : Orange (1840-1879). This son broke : completely with his father and went into a : self-chosen exile in Paris where much of his : fortune evaporated. The unmarried Prince : died in pretty miserable conditions at the : age of 39. I am afraid a lot of Queen : Sophie's jewelry went lost via that way. : : Queen Sophie also left jewels to her younger : son, Prince Alexander (1851-1884). This : prince remained unmarried as well and died : at the age of 33. Most of his heritage went : to his halfsister Princess Wilhelmina, the : later Queen. : : : : : : : : :
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