Thank you, Jorge. Funny, how differently a design can be interpreted: I always saw three flower buds in the diamond and pearls, while you describe them as a flower and leafs... So there are two significant brooches in the Braganza collection: this one and the diamond flower worn in Luxembourg?
--Previous Message-- : One of the jewels most cherished by HRH the : Duchess of Braganza is Infanta D. Filipa : Brooch. The only thing I know for sure is : that this jewel was inherited by D.Duarte : from his aunt, the Infanta D.Filipa, sister : of D.Duarte Nuno (the present Duke’s : father). D.Filipa never married so it may be : a Braganza heirloom (or even Liechtenstein : or Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort). It may : also be simply acquired by D.Filipa. Does : anyone has more information about this : brooch origin? : : The brooch has the form of a small bouquet : with a big diamond as a flower and two big : pearls (one white and other rose) in the : leafs. As I said before this is a favorite : jewel of D.Isabel. She stated several times : that associates each of the main gems in the : brooch to each of her sons and daughter, : which is a beautiful meaning for a beautiful : jewel. : : : :