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November 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM. [Reuters] A necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that prompted the downfall of the doomed French queen Marie Antoinette has been sold at auction for $4.81m (£ ...
A 300-carat necklace, whose diamonds have been linked to a scandal involving the last French queen Marie Antoinette, sold Wednesday for nearly $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva.
An extremely rare diamond necklace with possible historical links to Marie Antoinette has been sold at auction for nearly $5 million. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, luxury auction house Sotheby's ...
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (French: Affaire du collier de la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The Queen's reputation, already tarnished by gossip, was further sullied by the false accusation that she had ...
23 August 1791. (1791-08-23) (aged 35) Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, self proclaimed " Comtesse de la Motte " (22 July 1756 [1] – 23 August 1791) was a French noblewoman, notorious adventuress and a thief; she was married to Nicholas de la Motte whose family's claim to nobility was dubious. [2] She herself was an impoverished descendant of ...
The Diamond Necklace (film), a 1921 British silent film directed by Denison Clift. Affair of the Diamond Necklace, a mysterious incident in the 1780s at the court of Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The Affair of the Necklace, a 2001 film based on above incident. Diamond Necklace (film), a 2012 Indian film ...
Rivière (jewellery) A rivière is a necklace consisting of one or more strings of linked gemstones. Usually only one kind of gemstone is used in a rivière, with all stones of the same colour and cut. The stones are either all the same size, or gradually increase in size towards the middle of the necklace. Rivières have been worn since the ...
The 18th century diamond jewel of approximately 300 carats was worn to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronations. Rare antique diamond necklace expected to fetch more than £1m at ...