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Palmette Tiara at Sotheby´s Posted by Juscha on October 8, 2021, 6:31 pm On 10 November 2021 Sotheby's offers in its Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels: Part I auction a beautiful palmette tiara whose provenance is given as "European Princely Family". The removable palmettes each have a sapphire in the centre. All palmettes are removable. The back reveals a small masterpiece of craftsmanship. It seems to me that the base is also prepared for other attachable elements, so that the base can be varied in many ways. The casket is marked Koch. Another tiara by this outstanding jeweller. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/diamond-and-sapphire-tirara-mid-19th-century Is the tiara known to someone and can it be attributed to a family? The price suggests a well-known provenance.

Re: Palmette Tiara at Sotheby´s Posted by Hans on October 9, 2021, 5:51 am, in reply to "Palmette Tiara at Sotheby´s" Gorgeous! Perfect for the Duchess of Brabant! Previous Message On 10 November 2021 Sotheby's offers in its Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels: Part I auction a beautiful palmette tiara whose provenance is given as "European Princely Family". The removable palmettes each have a sapphire in the centre. All palmettes are removable. The back reveals a small masterpiece of craftsmanship. It seems to me that the base is also prepared for other attachable elements, so that the base can be varied in many ways. The casket is marked Koch. Another tiara by this outstanding jeweller. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/diamond-and-sapphire-tirara-mid-19th-century Is the tiara known to someone and can it be attributed to a family? The price suggests a well-known provenance.

Also Maria Pavlovna's sapphires Posted by Janet on October 9, 2021, 9:50 pm, in reply to "Palmette Tiara at Sotheby´s" Being sold by a Princely family, I can only assume Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein, being the granddaughter-in-law of Princess Nicholas. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/historically-important-sapphire-and-diamond-brooch

Auctioned before - and a female workmaster Posted by Juscha on October 10, 2021, 8:57 am, in reply to "Also Maria Pavlovna's sapphires" When I was looking for something completely different, I found this: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/magnificent-jewels-ge0905/lot.425.html It seems that it had already changed the original ownership some years ago, in 2009. And - very interesting - it was made by a woman, Sophia Schwan - for Bolin. First time I found a female goldsmith working at that time for a wellknown jeweller. Heureka! And looking for Bolin I found another one, Maria Linke, as a workmaster for Bolin. Yey!! Previous Message Being sold by a Princely family, I can only assume Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein, being the granddaughter-in-law of Princess Nicholas. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/historically-important-sapphire-and-diamond-brooch

Bizarrely some very small sapphires on either side of the brooch Posted by Janet on October 10, 2021, 8:58 pm, in reply to "Auctioned before - and a female workmaster" have been removed, how weird. Previous Message When I was looking for something completely different, I found this: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/magnificent-jewels-ge0905/lot.425.html It seems that it had already changed the original ownership some years ago, in 2009. And - very interesting - it was made by a woman, Sophia Schwan - for Bolin. First time I found a female goldsmith working at that time for a wellknown jeweller. Heureka! And looking for Bolin I found another one, Maria Linke, as a workmaster for Bolin. Yey!! Previous Message Being sold by a Princely family, I can only assume Princess Barbara of Liechtenstein, being the granddaughter-in-law of Princess Nicholas. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/historically-important-sapphire-and-diamond-brooch

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