MAGNIFICENT JEWELS AT SOTHEBY’S

Magnificent Jewels at Sotheby’s
The very beautiful autumn sale of Sotheby’s It will be made of very beautiful jewelry and also of history.
On November 16th in Geneva, the prestigious auction house will offer one of the most important antique pieces of the last fifty years.

Composed of colored diamonds, this superb suite contains elements that would have been part of a gift that Empress Catherine 1Era (1684 – 1727) – wife of Pierre the Great – would have done to Sultan Ahmet III, in order to end the Siege of Pruth, in 1711. Tradition has it that Sultan Abdul-Hamid II (1842-1918) offered this exceptional necklace in its current form to the wife of Prince Tawfiq Pasha, Vice-King of Egypt, in 1874, for the birth of the heir to the throne, Abbas II Hilmi Pasha. 

The second lot is a beautiful diamond necklace, accompanied by a detachable clasp in the shape of a knot.

Originally, this necklace was ordered in two separate pieces by Empress Catherine II, the «Great» (1729 – 1796).
This astonishing jewel survived centuries of historical upheavals. During the First World War, it is said to have been kept in a safe room in the Kremlin.

The end of the war marked the beginning of an inventory and an estimate of every piece the Romanovs had in their collection, since the 17th century. The result of this work resulted in a catalogue, Diamonds and Precious Stones of the Treasury of Russia, published in Russian, French and German under the auspices of Professor A.E. Fersman. Most copies of this magazine were destroyed by the Bolshevik government. However, one of the few remaining copies will be put up for auction.

The sale also reserves very beautiful jewelry with prestigious signatures, a delight for the eyes.

Jewels to be admired with open eyes on November 16th at Sotheby’s.

Sotheby’s Geneva
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