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    Re: Countess of Barcelona's wedding gifts Archived Message

    Posted by Cristina on September 4, 2016, 4:37 am, in reply to "Countess of Barcelona's wedding gifts"

    Oh wonderful! Thank you very much Arthur! This is the best picture I've seen of the wedding gifts.

    The two pendants on the right are also unknown to me, they are stunning. I am also curious on the lower left necklace, and the bat/insect(?) brooch next to it, and also the pair of swirl diamond brooches on lower right.

    Some of the other pieces are also known to us.
    The pearl bracelet now belongs to Infanta Elena, it was a wedding gift from her grandmother the Countess of Barcelona. She wore it as a bride and on some other more formal ocasions. This bracelet was also lent to Queen Sofia sometimes in the 1970's early 1980's.


    The stud pearl earrings in the center and the pearl necklace on the left now belong to Infanta Pilar. They were a gift from the Countess to her eldest daughter. The oval central pearl is very distinctive. Infanta Pilar has worn both jewels very often over the years. The necklace has been rethreaded adding small pearls between the larger original ones. This allows that pendants can be suspended more easily from the necklace, and Infanta Pilar often wears one of her Montpensier saphires as pendant.






    --Previous Message--
    : I have found on jeweller Chaumet's website
    : this picture of the wedding gifts presented
    : in 1935 to Princess Maria-Mercedes of
    : Bourbon-Sicily when she married Infante Juan
    : of Spain, Count of Barcelona (they were the
    : parents of King Juan Carlos):
    :
    :
    :
    : The pearl and diamond tiara in the centre of
    : the picture is of course Queen
    : Maria-Christina's tiara, which was worn in
    : the recent years by Queen Sofia.
    :
    :
    :
    : On the left (our left) of the tiara, the
    : pair of clips at the top are modern ruby and
    : diamonds clips. They were worn by Queen
    : Letizia (then fiancée to Infante Felipe) at
    : Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary
    : Donaldson's wedding in May 2004:
    :
    :
    :
    : The pearl and diamond broochs on each side
    : of the tiara have been worn regularly by
    : Queen Sofia:
    : See
    : http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1423653008.html
    :
    :
    :
    :
    :
    : The pearl and diamond brooch with the five
    : pearl drops is the brooch which was worn by
    : Queen Sofia in 1971 in Persepolis. It is the
    : first time I see such a clear view of the
    : brooch. It is really beautiful! I hope it
    : will resurface soon in the Royal Family!
    :
    :
    :
    : The large and beautiful anchor brooch on the
    : right was a present from King Alfonso XIII
    : who had inherited it from his mother, Queen
    : Maria-Christina. Unfortunately, I don't know
    : the whereabouts of this beautiful brooch.
    :
    :
    :
    : I don't know anything about the two necklace
    : pendants on the right of the picture. Does
    : anyone know with which stones they are made,
    : and what have been their later whereabouts?
    :
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