Re: Portugal Queen Amalie | Emerald Parure Orléans Jewels Archived Message
Posted by Cristina on March 18, 2016, 5:27 pm, in reply to " Portugal Queen Amalie | Emerald Parure Orléans Jewels"
Úrsula, the pic of the large emerald corsage brooch is totally new to me. Never seen it before, it was not on the sketch of the wedding gifts from the french relatives to Pss Amelie I've seen (published on a book on Queen Amélia by Eduardo Nobre). I am questioning if this large corsage brooch was part of the wedding gifts because the sketch only depicted (as jewels): the emerald tiara, the emerald necklace, 3 smaller emerald elements (a small brooch and perhaps the earrings never worn) and the Aumale brooch. This big brooch is not depicted there nor in any of the pictures I know of the queen wearing her emerald parure, she always wore the Aumale. As to the emerald bangle bracelet, pendants brooch and the Aumale brooch I have written here before how they ended up for auction (source: the book on the portuguese royal jewels by Eduardo Alves Marques). My own words from a previous post: "Queen Amélia left the fabulous emerald brooch, that her uncle the Duke of Aumale had given her as wedding gift, to her sister Luisa, married with Pc Carlos de Bourbon-Dos-Sicílias. Along with the brooch there were two emerald pendants and a gold, diamond and emerald bracelet. Luisa´s daughter, Esperanza, inherited these emeralds. She was married to Dom Pedro of Brazil. Dona Esperanza gave the emeralds as a wedding gift to her daughter Pss Maria da Glória when she married Pc Alexander of Youguslavia. They divorced years later and she remarried with the Duke of Segorbe. In December 1981 Pss Maria da Gloria auctioned the emerald jewels in Sotheby´s New York (most likely she preferred having the money rather than jewels she would rarely wore).They were auctioned again in 1999." You also mention an emerald choker I am not familiar with. I've seen pictures of the queen wearing a choker with her emeralds but it was a Cartier saphire choker (she knew it would look well, as the pictures were b/w and sepia). It was this one: Thank you again for the beautiful pages on this kind and tragic queen. --Previous Message-- : Royal Emerald Parure | Marie Amélie d’Orléans : Queen of Portugal Presents to her Marriage : : Her Famous Emerald Diamond Jewels - The : original Stomacher, and the second item: : Emerald devant de Corsage with an Orleans : history. : : : Orginal Ornament, Part of her necklace with : Emeralds and Diamonds: : : : http://royal-magazin.de/portugal/amelia-emerald-tiara-jewel-parure.htm : : : http://royal-magazin.de/portugal/amalia-emerald-brooch-jewels-joyas.htm : : : http://royal-magazin.de/portugal/amalie-emerald-necklace-jewels.htm : : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/portugal/amelie-emerald-bangle-jewel-brooch.htm : : hope you enjoy it.... : : : : :
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