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    Re: Savoy-Aosta Emerralds Archived Message

    Posted by Jorge on January 20, 2014, 2:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Savoy-Aosta Emerralds"

    That's new information: thanks for sharing. Now I start to believe it's possible that the parure is in portugueses hands and, who knows, closer to the Royal House. That may explain why there aren't (as far as I know) color pictures of both tiara and necklace.

    Dreaming a little: the parure could had be offered as a wedding present to the Dukes of Braganza in 1995. It would be interesting to see HRH the Duchess wearing the tiara.

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    : I once organised a private tour for the
    : Israeli ambassador to the palace of Vila
    : Viçosa and we were shown around by the then
    : director, who discussed this subject with
    : the lawyer of the Fundaçao who was present
    : too. However, this happened almost 25 years
    : ago and though I am pretty sure that it was
    : one of the Portuguese dukes that bought it,
    : I seem to remember that it was Palmela.
    : Would have some logic anyway, as that family
    : was still very, very rich, before the
    : revolution.
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    : I read that some time ago (and I belive it
    : was in this board) but never saw anyone
    : being completely sure that the tiara and the
    : necklace were with the Palmela family.
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    : If I remember right, the emerald parure was
    : sold to the then Duque de Palmela in
    : Portugal.
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    : Yes, you are right. The necklace and the
    : tiara
    : were wedding presents from H.M. parents (one
    : biography also talks about earrings but I
    : never saw any pictures of them).
    : The broch (3 emeralds and 140 diamonds) was
    : also a wedding present but from her uncle:
    : the Duc of Aumale.
    : There was also at least one bracelet and
    : other 'smaller' pieces with unknown origin.
    : Unfortunately I have no idea where those
    : pieces are now.
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    : Wasn't the emerald parure from Queen Amelie
    : coming from the Orleans family ?
    : The late comte de Paris inherited queen
    : Amelie emerald tiara !! and sold it quite
    : immediately !!
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    : That necklace always reminded me the emerald
    : parure of Queen Amelie of Portugal.
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