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Princess Shwikar of Egypt Jewellery
Posted by Duke of Polignac on August 23, 2020, 2:02 pm
Princess Shwikar or Shivakiar (the turkish pronunciation of her name) was the first wife of King Fuad of egypt before he assumed the throne.
They were distant cousins and by no mean it was a love match so thier marriage ended in divorce, together they had two kids a son and a daughter the son passed away as an infant.
Thier relationship was a stormy one and divide the royal family as during a dispute with her brother, Fuad was shot in the throat. He survived, but carried that scar the rest of his life.
She went on and married four other men and divorced three of those men.
She was a wealthy member of the royal family and got a lot of remarckable pices by big jewelry Houses.
Toaday am bringing you guys two pieces of her collection.
The first one although she was never photographed in it you would be familiar it was created by Cartier a Daimond and Pearl Tiara with matching pair of earings it's similar to the danish khedive of Egypt tiara.
No the Tiara is exhibited at the royal jewelry museum in Alexandira with an alteration of the middle part!
The other piece is a great Diamond and Emeralds Parure that was Auctioned by christies in 2007
And I can never descrip it as good as they did "Art Deco necklace designed as a series of pavé-set diamond scrolls to the detachable baguette and brilliant-cut diamond collet neckchain, the front suspending seven emerald drops weighing 48.08, 22.66, 22.27, 15.42, 14.86, 7.16 and 7.07 carats, five of which with rectangular-shaped emerald and diamond cluster surmounts, with tiara, pendant and earring fittings, necklace late 1930s, drops 19th century, necklace with French import mark for platinum"
Although I heard that this parure is by Boucheron but christies didn't confir.
It could be true as several members of the royal house including the king were Boucheron's clintes.
The Egyptian royal family had a fantastic collection.
I prefer the tiara in its original state - I do not understand how it would be worn with the alteration, surely the briolette diamond would either jab into the forehead or get lost in the wearer's hairdo.
I wonder what the motivation to amend it was?
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Princess Shwikar or Shivakiar (the turkish pronunciation of her name) was the first wife of King Fuad of egypt before he assumed the throne.
They were distant cousins and by no mean it was a love match so thier marriage ended in divorce, together they had two kids a son and a daughter the son passed away as an infant.
Thier relationship was a stormy one and divide the royal family as during a dispute with her brother, Fuad was shot in the throat. He survived, but carried that scar the rest of his life.
She went on and married four other men and divorced three of those men.
She was a wealthy member of the royal family and got a lot of remarckable pices by big jewelry Houses.
Toaday am bringing you guys two pieces of her collection.
The first one although she was never photographed in it you would be familiar it was created by Cartier a Daimond and Pearl Tiara with matching pair of earings it's similar to the danish khedive of Egypt tiara.
No the Tiara is exhibited at the royal jewelry museum in Alexandira with an alteration of the middle part!
The other piece is a great Diamond and Emeralds Parure that was Auctioned by christies in 2007
Here is the lot
And I can never descrip it as good as they did "Art Deco necklace designed as a series of pavé-set diamond scrolls to the detachable baguette and brilliant-cut diamond collet neckchain, the front suspending seven emerald drops weighing 48.08, 22.66, 22.27, 15.42, 14.86, 7.16 and 7.07 carats, five of which with rectangular-shaped emerald and diamond cluster surmounts, with tiara, pendant and earring fittings, necklace late 1930s, drops 19th century, necklace with French import mark for platinum"
Although I heard that this parure is by Boucheron but christies didn't confir.
It could be true as several members of the royal house including the king were Boucheron's clintes.
Here is the Parure
And the princess wearing it
Re: Fascinating....
Posted by Beth on August 24, 2020, 6:24 am, in reply to "Fascinating...."
I join Janet in her response. It is fascinating the Duke of Polignac! Thank you for introducing me to a tiara I have never seen previously.
Do you know if the jewels in the Museum were purchased, or were they claimed by the government at some stage?
I agree with Janet, the current configuration seems less than ideal, even though the tiara is mounted on a base which would raise it above all but the most voluminous of hairstyles.
Re: Fascinating....
Posted by Duke of Polignac on August 24, 2020, 10:09 am, in reply to "Re: Fascinating...."
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I join Janet in her response. It is fascinating the Duke of Polignac! Thank you for introducing me to a tiara I have never seen previously.
Do you know if the jewels in the Museum were purchased, or were they claimed by the government at some stage?
I agree with Janet, the current configuration seems less than ideal, even though the tiara is mounted on a base which would raise it above all but the most voluminous of hairstyles.
All the pieces in this museum were confiscated after the proclimation of the monarchy.
There is a rumor that there is still boxes in the central banks that is filled with the rest of the jewellery collection but there is no full record of the pieces only the number of boxes and there has been manipulation in it as some of the boxes were tampered with and some were missing so no one wants to take the responsibilty of opening it and say what is missing.
Speaking of boxes in central banks
Posted by Janet on August 24, 2020, 10:19 am, in reply to "Re: Fascinating...."
and I hope you will forgive me for expanding the topic but I wonder whatever happened to the Italian Crown Jewels, which have been kept in a box in the Bank of Italy since 1946!
I found an article from 2003 (!!!) where the son of Italy's last King made clear he was dropping any claim to them and hoped they would be placed on public display but thus far nothing!
Such a shame, the jewels of the House of Savoy and the former ruling family of Egypt should be treated in the same way the Louvre treats jewels associated with France's former ruling families.
Queen Margherita wearing some jewels which are believed to be kept in the Bank of Italy.
and I hope you will forgive me for expanding the topic but I wonder whatever happened to the Italian Crown Jewels, which have been kept in a box in the Bank of Italy since 1946!
I found an article from 2003 (!!!) where the son of Italy's last King made clear he was dropping any claim to them and hoped they would be placed on public display but thus far nothing!
Such a shame, the jewels of the House of Savoy and the former ruling family of Egypt should be treated in the same way the Louvre treats jewels associated with France's former ruling families.
Queen Margherita wearing some jewels which are believed to be kept in the Bank of Italy.
No problem it's quite similar I remebered the Italian and Iranian ones when I was replying to Beth.
Here is a video for an Auction but i think it didn't go through as most of the pieces in it are now exibted in the jewellery museum.
Beautiful jewels! Thank you for sharing the pictures Duke of Polignac!
I wanted to use this thread to talk about the Tiaras of Queen Farida, the first wife of King Farouk, who wore her Peacock Wedding Tiara, a Diamond Scroll Tiara (the same design as the necklace in the jewellery museum), and a tiara with a coloured stone (emeralds?) during her 10-year tenure as Queen! There is a bit more information about the Wedding Tiara and the other Tiara in this link!
However, I'm more interested in the Tiaras Queen Farida wore after her divorce and the abolition of the Egyptian Monarchy! In 1964, she wore what looks like a converted necklace tiara (which looks like emeralds in the black and white photos but is actually rubies), at the Wedding Ball of King Constantine of Greece and Princess Anne Marie of Denmark.
Wonderful! Thank you Duke of Polignac! What a feast for us! And what a wonderful range of jewels for us to try to follow.
I confess my total ignorance about the Egyptian royal jewels, so I am looking forward to reading what others know.
Re: Princess Shwikar of Egypt
Posted by Tiara Mania on August 24, 2020, 11:40 pm, in reply to "Re: Fascinating...."
I think that the change is not permanent and that the tiara can be worn either way. In the pictures on the Alexandria Royal Jewelry Museum's website there's a little tool shown with the tiara.
I wonder if the version with the drops facing down was meant to be worn as a corsage ornament. The tiara looks like it is flexible with the joints in the swirls on the sides.
on August 23, 2020, 2:02 pm
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