My week of holiday is coming to a close so I am frantically finishing up reading and transcribing the different jewelry inventories in Swedish Royal Wills. Here is what is in the Karl Johan Foundation- this was later changed to the Oscar II Foundation and there were some edits/reworks of jewels so not all of these may still be in the same form that we see them these days.
1. Diadem of 520 large and small diamonds
Could it be the big diamond tiara now in Norway or the Braganza tiara ?
2. Four rosettes, each with 8 large and several smaller diamonds
The now four buttons tiara ?
3. Sevigné with 130 large and small diamonds
4. Oval shaped clasp (spänne) with 7 large and a number of smaller diamonds
5. Necklace with 33 large diamonds
6. A pair of earrings with 15 large diamonds in each
7. Clasp with 1 large and 22 assorted diamonds
8. A bracelet with 3 larger and many smaller diamonds
9. A cross with 20 diamonds
This one
10. Necklace with 50 large and small diamonds
11. Thirty-eight loose settings with a jewel in each of which 2 attached necklaces under N. 5. 17 used for a medallion portrait of King Carl XVI and 13 used for a medallion portrait of King Oscar I
12. Brooch with large and small diamonds
13. Ceinture of emeralds and jewels (18 emeralds with jewel setting)
Could be the emerald necklace which is supposed to be part of Marshall Bernadotte horse parade ornement ?
14. A pearl strand with a row of 33 gray pearls and a clasp with 1 large and 38 smaller jewels
15. Three pearls in pear shaped with diamonds
16. A pair of earrings with 7 diamonds in each and 2 gray pearls
17. A pair of earrings with 2 large white pearls
18. Brooch with 1 large and 8 small pearls in diamond settings
19. 5 loose gray pearls
20. Brooch with foliage and branch of diamonds and pearls
21. A necklace of 3 rows of pearls (149 st) with jeweled lock, consisting of 3 large and 16 small diamonds
could be this one (from Ursula's site)
on February 22, 2025, 2:42 pm
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