I liked the diamond necklace featuring the beau sancy very much.
What is clear is that the Prussian Queens/German Empresses could glitter with the best of them and had plenty at their disposal!
I don't read German but there seems to me a lot of reference to Queen Elisabeth Ludovika within the text, so I presume she was either the owner of many of the jewels or was responsible for the setting of the jewels, which are what I would call very traditional and designed to make a grand impression, as opposed to wowing for their beauty and style.
Such a shame this grand collection has been dispersed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Ludovika_of_Bavaria
Wikipedia says that Queen Elisabeth left her jewels to her grand niece, Vicky the future Empress Frederick. I presume this refers to her personal jewels as I got the impression that the jewels referred to in this particular document are the Crown Jewels, to pass from monarch to monarch.
Dear Janet, thank you so much for posting this link. It seems to be the main source for the most I´ve read about the Prussian Royal Jewellery. It gives an interesting insight into the handling of a royal jewellery collection since 18th century. Also the pictures are very helpful for I have seen the Diamond Diadem when worn by Empress Viktoria Auguste but not as a single piece. Perhaps the stones might have been of good quality but it´s ugly. I knew the foto of the Pearl Tiara but wasn´t certain it was a prussian piece indeed because I´ve never seen it when worn. The Emerald Tiara seems not unknown to me, but didn´t knew it was prussian. Very unique the cameo comb of Queen and Empress Augusta.
The diamond bow brooch once worn by Napoleon I. on his hat and captured after Belle Alliance for my eyes resembles very much a brooch auctioned at the Bourbon Parma auction at Sotheby´s in 2018.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2018/royal-jewels-bourbon-parma-family-ge1809/lot.95.html
I found this on Dinastas and wanted to share as I am in awe at the pictures of the Prussian Royal house's jewellery collection which was professionally photographed in 1913.
Some wonderful tiaras and other glorious items.
https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/image/14192918_1913_17_117/1/LOG_0003/
https://digital.zlb.de/viewer/rest/image/14192918_1913_17_117/00000001.tif/full/max/0/14192918_1913_17_117_1.pdf?metsFile=file:///opt/digiverso/viewer/indexed_mets/14192918_1913_17_117.xml&divID=LOG_0003&watermarkText=Public+Domain
http://dinastias.forogratis.es/joyas-familia-de-prusia-t368-24.html
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