Re: Jewelry of queen Sophie of the Netherlands Archived Message
Posted by Jan-Deventer on August 12, 2013, 12:33 pm, in reply to "Jewelry of queen Sophie of the Netherlands"
Hello Berno, In the present collection of the Royal House of the Netherlands are 3 gold bracelets wich are nearly identical to each other and with each of them a miniture portret of one of their 3 sons, Wiwill Maurits and Alexander of Queen Sophie and King William III. There is a print in an exhibition cataloque of 1956 at the "Centraal Museum Utrecht". --Previous Message-- : : In my files I have several pictures of queen : Sophie of the Netherlands. She was painted : several times with different jewelry. Some : of them are known and part of the present : Dutch family foundation. Other pieces I was : wondering what happened to them? I know most : of her jewelry was left to her 2 sons and in : the end prince Alexander left it to his half : sister the later queen Wilhelmina. : : Any ideas of whereabouts I did not realized : yet? : : : : : : : http://i40.tinypic.com/vrbkh2.jpg : : Are the diamond stars (as painted by : Winterhalter) still in the family (I know : there has been a discussion about the stars : a while ago)? : : What about the golden bracelets in the : Winterhalter portrait? : : The fringe tiara in the first picture? : : The cameo tiara (see link)? : : Are there jewelry pieces that can be traced : back to queen Sophie's mother Katharina : Paulowna (besides the wellknown Russian : diamond/pearl brooch)? :
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