Re: Dona Isabel family heritage earrings and some more Archived Message
Posted by Jorge on July 17, 2014, 8:15 am, in reply to "Dona Isabel family heritage earrings and some more"
Thank you so much Cristina for your kind words and for adding more earrings. You are right: it’s a quite large collection. The numbers 23, 25, 26 and 27 are completely new to me. From those (and without a good close-up picture) my favorites are the 25 and the 27. The 25 (Diamond Chandelier earrings) is, actually a big surprise for me. As for the number 8 (Small emerald earrings ) I had the same doubts as you but the picture I had did not allowed me to take other conclusion than they are the same. However, looking closely at your pictures and comparing, I think you may be absolutely correct: they are two different pair of emerald earring. So we have 8.1 – Small round emerald earrings 8.2 – Small rectangular emerald earrings which make 3 pairs of emerald earrings in total. I think I’m hearing them clamming for a necklace! So the earrings number 15 (Long floral diamond earrings) are an heirloom from the Duchess’s family? I had no idea. But now I understand why D.Isabel use them so much: HRH tends to wear jewels with some kind of meaning for her. As they are antique jewelry, is it possible that they are made of ‘Minas Novas’ instead of diamonds? Nevertheless they were clearly cleaned: they have a much beautiful glitter nowadays. Your hypothesis on how they became the Duchess’s property seems correct to me. About earrings 16, yes they seem to match the bottom part of 15. However the Royal Family does not appear to me to make major changes in their jewels. I may be wrong in this, of course. Another possibility is that they are in fact the bottom part of 15 but the last one was originally convertible into a small version. In what concern number 21, thanks for correcting me. They are modern, yet beautiful. But I’m sad about something: so many earrings and none with sapphires? Come on: Portugal’s colors are, since its foundation, blue and white!
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