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Mary of England with the famous Orange Pearls Sophie of Württemberg with her 113 pearls. They were sold by her eldest son and were auctioned in 1904 for 855 000 Francs Queen Wilhelmina with the parure of diamonds and sapphires that were a wedding-present from the Dutch people Queen Juliana shows the Garuda bracelet on her right-arm.
Jehan-Aristide Paul Alain [a] ([ʒɑ̃ aʁist alɛ̃]; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer, and soldier.Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other teachers, becoming a composer at 18, and composing until the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later.
Jewellery in the Pacific, with the exception of Australia, is worn to be a symbol of either fertility or power. Elaborate headdresses are worn by many Pacific cultures and some, such as the inhabitants of Papua New Guinea, wear certain headdresses once they have killed an enemy. Tribesman may wear boar bones through their noses.
Jewels! The Glitter of the Russian Court (Dutch: Juwelen! Schitteren aan het Russische Hof) was the second jubileum exhibition in Amsterdam by the H'ART Museum, focussed on the personal taste for luxury by Russian nobility.
Étaient de gale tout couverts ; Le grand saint Éloi Lui dit : Ô mon roi ! Pour les nettoyer Faudrait les noyer. Eh bien, lui dit le roi, Va-t-en les noyer avec toi. 14. Le bon roi Dagobert Se battait à tort, à travers ; Le grand saint Éloi Lui dit : Ô mon roi ! Votre Majesté Se fera tuer. C'est vrai, lui dit le roi, Mets-toi bien vite ...
Eddie Constantine (born Israel Constantine; October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. [1]
The baseball that sealed MLB's first 50-50 seasonsold at auction on Tuesday for $3.6 million.With a 22% buyer's premium added, the full price tag comes out to $4.392 million. From Yahoo Sports ...
The book was considered by critics to be an antithesis of the previous Tintin ventures. [33] Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion, stated that in The Castafiore Emerald, Hergé permits Haddock to remain at home in Marlinspike, an ideal that the "increasingly travel weary" character had long cherished, [34] further stating that if Hergé had decided to end the Tintin series ...