Re: Sapphire pendant earrings - Orleans Archived Message
Posted by maria Olivia on June 11, 2015, 1:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Sapphire pendant earrings - Orleans"
Thanks Maridge for your post. I don't know if the Duchess of Montpensier has Wurtenberg jewels. I think Duke Karl,Head of the House,is the owner of the whole W. Jewelry. --Previous Message-- : Sapphire pendant (part of) : : : sorry i don't remember who have post the : picture. But thank you : : These earrings come from a set created by : the jeweler Bapst for the Duchess of : Angouleme, daughter of Louis XVI in 1819. : : Sapphires earrings have even topped the : crown of the coronation of Charles X, : ancestor of Duke of Vendôme, the day of his : coronation. : : These jewels sold in 1887 during the famous : sales crown jewels were acquired by the : jeweler Bapt then a few years later in 1893 : by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, : the future King of the Bulgarians in : anticipation of his marriage with Princess : Marie -Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1st wife). : : These precious jewels stayed property of the : Royal House of Bulgaria until 1957, since it : is on that date that King Simeon II, : grand-son of King Ferdinand, decided to : offer these drop earrings to Duchess Marie : -Thérèse of Württemberg on the occasion of : his marriage with the current Count of : Paris. : : King Simeon had explained to the Duchess of : Montpensier that he offered her these jewels : because of their historic character. : : The Duchess of Montpensier transmitted : recently these gems to his son Jean Duke of : Vendôme. : : The Duchess of Vendome has already brought : these earrings at the baptism of his : daughter Princess Antoinette in Vienna and : at a reception in Germany at the Prince of : Schaumburg-Lippe. : : : : : : : :
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