Re: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark's large gold girandole earrings Archived Message
Posted by Cristina  on September 24, 2014, 3:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark's large gold girandole earrings"
Thats a good clue Jorge, that the earrings could be a wedding gift from the Braganza "cousins".
Was ever a list of the wedding gifts made public? It would be very interesting to see if this earrings were among them.
However I question why did CP Mary took so long to wear them... Maybe because they are fashionable now? Or they could be a recent aquisition.
Your corrections are always more than welcome Jorge. I new our gold was of the finest quality and was convinced that it was 24 carat, but 19.2 carats seems fine also  .
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: Wow! What a surprise to see this kind of
: earrings on CP Mary.
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: To me it is indeed a pair of the traditional
: Portuguese earrings «Brincos a Rainha»
: (Queen style earrings).
:
: As I said in a previous thread, it is a very
: traditional piece whose history goes back to
: the XVIII century.
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: In my opinion the earrings are made of gold
: and were one of the wedding presents from
: the Portuguese Royal Family (we know that
: the Dukes value a lot the Portuguese
: national traditions).
:
: Cristina, sorry but I have to make a small
: correction to what you said: traditionally,
: portuguese gold jewels (and coins) are made
: with gold of 19.2 carats (80% pure gold),
: not with gold of 24 carats. Above us (the
: Portuguese People) I think that only India
: with 22 carats gold (91.6% pure gold).
: Pure gold is, allegedly, extremely difficult
: to work with.
:
: The earrings of CP seem huge, so I would
: guess that they could cost easily over 2500
: euros or even more than 3000 euros.
:
: Besides the link provided by Cristina you
: can also see more Portuguese gold jewels
: here . In that page it is possible to see
: both traditional pieces and modern
: interpretation of traditional pieces. Hope
: you all enjoy.
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