Posted by Beth on March 31, 2016, 4:37 pm, in reply to "Old photo"
Thank you Ianusk. How I wish colour photography had been available when the photo was taken.
The size of some of the gems is eye catching.
I wonder if any of the emeralds remained with the Thai Royal family? Queen Sirikit has some enormous cabochon emeralds.
--Previous Message-- : Forgot I had an old book on the Thai royal : family with lots of photo's. This is an old : one of Queen Saovabha Pongsri and the : caption states the jewels are the emeralds : bought in Paris in 1897 by King : Chulalongkorn and were formerly Empress : Eugenies, it says they were subsequently : sold to Cartier : :
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