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Berlin goldsmith

Bracelet for Princess Marie of Prussia, later Queen of Bavaria (1825-1889) – Gift from King Frederick William IV of Prussia on the occasion of her confirmation on 30th July 1842. 1842

Engraved and embossed gold; enamel; thirty rose-cut diamonds (in the original case). Ø approx. 6 cm (2 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Berlin goldsmith. Bracelet for Princess Marie of Prussia, later Queen of Bavaria (1825-1889) – Gift from King Frederick William IV of Prussia on the occasion of her confirmation on 30th July 1842. 1842.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 25,000

USD 24,600

 

- 30,800

Sold for:

28,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2018

ORANGERIE, Thursday, 31.05.2018

Information

Engraved and embossed gold; enamel; thirty rose-cut diamonds (in the original case). Ø approx. 6 cm (2 ⅜ in.). Handwritten notation of Princess Marie: Gold u. dunkelblau Email Zieharmband mit Brillianten. Vom König Einsegnungstag Fischbach den 30. July 1842. On exterior label of case: 566. Total weight: 30 g.

Comparable object: bracelet of Queen Elisabeth of Prussia with stretchable links, presumably a gift from Prince Karl of Bavaria, circa 1840, formerly Museum Schloss Monbijou (Hohenzollern-Museum), Berlin, inv. no. HM 6601 – lost (published in: Thomas Kemper: Schloss Monbijou. Von der königlichen Residenz zum Hohenzollern-Museum. Berlin, 2005, p. 238, ill. 243 and appendix II, p. 308).

Princess Marie of Prussia, later Queen of Bavaria (1825–1889), Munich (30th July 1842 as a gift of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, her cousin, on the occasion of her confirmation) / Her nephew Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862–1933), Munich / his son Prince Joseph Clemens of Bavaria (1902–1990), Munich / private collection, Munich