THE WÜRTTEMBERG SAPPHIRE JEWELSAN IMPRESSIVE MID 19TH CENTURY SUITE OF SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY
Lot 537 The Regal Splendour of the European Courts

THE WÜRTTEMBERG SAPPHIRE JEWELSAN IMPRESSIVE MID 19TH CENTURY SUITE OF SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY

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THE WÜRTTEMBERG SAPPHIRE JEWELS
AN IMPRESSIVE MID 19TH CENTURY SUITE OF SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND JEWELLERY
Comprising a floral tiara and a brooch, together with an associated necklace
Sapphires of various shapes, rose and old-cut diamonds, silver and gold, tiara detachable into four separate brooches, 1860s

SSEF, 2023, report no. 128558 (tiara): 7 sapphires, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), no indications of heating
SSEF, 2016, copy of report no. 89131 (brooch): 10 sapphires, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), no indications of heating
SSEF, 2016, copy of report no. 89130 (necklace): 23 sapphires, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), except nos. 11 and 14 Basaltic deposits, no indications of heating

Size/Dimensions: tiara 16.0 cm; brooch 11.6 cm; necklace 42.5 cm
Gross weight: 246.6 grams

Her Serene Highness Princess Marguarete of Urach (1901-1975), Countess of Württemberg, from the Royal House of Württemberg
Geneva, 15 November 2017, lots 344 - 345