--Previous Message-- : Would this be the same Braganza Royal Family : of Catherine who married Charles II of : England? And if so, did she take any : ancestral jewels with her to England? : : --Previous Message-- : We already saw many of the unknown jewels : from : the Braganza vaults: tiaras, necklaces, : rings, brooches and some bracelets. However, : no jewels collection is truly complete : without earrings. And that is what I’m going : to present to you: the Braganza earrings : collection. : : Some of them were already referred in : previous threads and some were never : properly presented. I’m opting for showing : all that I know to keep this thread as : complete as possible. Hope you enjoy. : : : Pearls : : 1.Cluster of pearls and diamonds : : : : : : 2.Pearl and diamond Buttons : : : : : : : 3.(Long) Black pearl and diamond earrings : : This is the best image I have of these : earrings and I’m not sure if they contain, : in fact, diamonds or if the black bead is a : pearl. : : : : : 4. Pearl Studs : : The lady in the image is Infanta D.Filipa, : aunt of D.Duarte (sister of his father). : D.Filipa never married and left to D.Duarte : some belongings like an amazing mansion in : Algarve and the famous brooch that D.Isabel : uses so much. As a curiosity I must say that : the Mansion nowadays is used as a summer : residence of the Portuguese Royal Family. : When the Royal Family is not in the : property, the house is available for rent ( : Link ). : As far as I know D.Isabel never used these : earrings but with so many valuable things : that the Infanta left to her nephew is not : strange to believe that these earrings were : also part of the inheritance. : : : : : 5. Pre-wedding Gala demi-parure earrings : : As we already discussed earlier, they appear : to be made of silver, diamonds and pearls. : : : : 6.Maria Francisca Modern demi-parure : : This demi-parure was a present from D.Duarte : to D.Isabel to celebrate the birth of their : daughter, Infanta D.Maria Francisca. Small : pearls probably set in silver. : : : : : : : Emeralds : : : 7. D.Maria Francisca emerald and diamond : earrings : : These are the oldest known emerald earrings : present in the Braganza collection. The late : Duchess wore them very frequently. I think : that D.Isabel used these earrings once but : unfortunately I lost, many years ago, the : picture so I do not have how to be sure. : : : : : 8. Small emerald earrings : : : : : : : : : Aquamarines : : : 9. Ladies of Rio aquamarine demi-parure : : This set was a wedding gift to D.Maria : Francisca from the Ladies of Rio’s carioca : Society. : : : : : : : Multiple Stones : : 10. Multiple stones earrings : : : : : : : Gold : : : 11. Daily earrings : : Used in informal events, they are, : apparently, made with white and yellow gold. : : : : : 12. Indian set : : This set, comprising necklace and matching : earrings, both made of solid gold, was a : present from D.Duarte to his wife. The set : was bought in a trip the Duke made to India, : hence the name. : : : : : : : : 13. Brincos à Rainha (Queen’s style : earrings) : : These kind of earrings belong to the : category of traditional Portuguese : jewellery. They are made of solid gold : filigree. : : : : : : : 14. Gold earrings : : I only saw these earrings once. What do you : think: are they the same as the earrings in : 10 or are a different pair? : : : : : : : Diamonds : : : 15. Long Floral diamond earrings : : These earrings are very used by D.Isabel : and, for that reason, are some of the best : known diamond earrings in her collection. : They were maybe a wedding present (once : again: who knows?). : : : : : : 16. Short Floral diamond earrings : : This number 16 is quite tricky: are these : earrings the short version (the bottom) of : the earrings of the number 15 or a : completely different pair? I already thought : both things and today I’m not sure what to : think about. What do you think? : : : : : : : : 17. Wedding earrings : : : : : : : : 18. King Hassan II set : : This set, comprising a necklace and matching : earrings, was one of the wedding presents : that King Hassan II of Morocco’s gave to : D.Duarte and D.Isabel. : : : : : 19. Long vegetalist diamond earrings : : These earrings are used very often by : D.Isabel. I never saw a picture of her : mother-in-law with them. : : : : : 20. Luxembourg diamond earrings : : These earrings were used for the first time : at the pre-wedding gala of the Hereditary : Grand Duke of Luxembourg, hence the name. : They are, apparently, made with large : diamond drops suspended from an all diamond : structure. : : : : : : : : : Other earrings : : : 21. Topaz (?) drop earrings : : These earrings were used for the first time : (as far as I know) at the traditional Jantar : de Reis (Kings Dinner) at the Portuguese : city of Braga (January 2014). : : : : 22. Cachabon green stone earrings : : These earrings were used more often in the : earlier years of marriage. Not sure what : stone it may be. : : : : : : And that’s all I got about the Braganza : earrings. Did I forgot something? : : : : :
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