I am not sure if the Bernadotte necklace can be one of the items in her hair Archived Message
Posted by Josefine  on October 1, 2014, 5:56 am, in reply to "Re: Is there a larger picture of this portrait"
counting how many pearls there are between each pendent is one way but my guess is the pendent can be moved around? what do you think
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: Here is a larger version of Princess Augusta,
: Duchess of Leuchtenberg's portrait:
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: But I am puzzled: does she wear the
: "Swedish" pearl necklace around
: her neck or in her hair? She had quite a
: collection!
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: What lovely photos of these jewels Josefine.
: Thank you. Unfortunately, I cannot add
: information, but I thank you for adding to
: mine. I am looking forward to reading any
: additional information others might have.
: The pearls look so lustrous in the
: paintings.
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: one of the necklaces in her hair could match
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: but she seems to have several of them
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: On 12th November 2014, in Geneva, Sotheby's
: will organize its annual "Magnificent
: Jewels and Noble Jewels" sale. Among
: the jewels going under the hammer will be
: Queen Josefina of Sweden's pearl necklace:
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: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/magnificent-jewels-ge1405.html#
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: The e-catalogue is still not available, but
: the necklace is mentioned among the
: highlights of the auction.
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: The necklace had already been sold at
: auction on 8th February 1995 at Christie's.
: It was, at some time, in the collection of
: the jeweller Mauboussin.
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: According to Sotheby's, this necklace had
: been inherited by Queen Josefina from her
: mother-in-law Augusta of Bavaria, Duchess of
: Leuchtenberg, who had probably received it
: from her own mother-in-law Joséphine,
: Empress of the French.
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: Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway, by
: Fredrik Westin (left) and Sofia Adlersparre
: (right), wearing the necklace:
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: Queen Josefina's mother, Princess Augusta of
: Bavaria, Duchess of Leuchtenberg, possibly
: wearing the same necklace, painted by
: Joseph-Karl Stieler (left) and by another
: unidentified painter (right):
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: The necklace was later inherited by King
: Oscar II's second son, also named Oscar,
: Duke of Gotland, later Count Oscar
: Bernadotte af Wisborg. The necklace was worn
: by his morganatic wife, Ebba Munck af
: Fulkila:
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: Later, the necklace was worn by Oscar and
: Ebba's daughter-in-law, Countess Gerty
: Bernadotte:
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: The Swedish jewel collection is not
: specially short on pearl necklaces, but
: anyway it would be great if King Carl XVI
: Gustav could buy this necklace and join it
: back to the Bernadotte collection. But of
: course, I can fear this hope remains a
: dream...
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