https://www.patreon.com/ChristianLibrary French Crown Jewels - Part 4 - by Peter-John Parisis, G.G. - The Sapphire and Diamond Parure made by the firm of Bapst for the Duchesse d'Angouleme (Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France (19 December 1778 -- 19 October 1851) was the eldest child of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette.). The parure was designed by Everard Bapst and executed in February 1819. The parure consisted of Sapphires and brilliant diamonds in a diadem, a coronet, a necklace, two bracelets, a comb, a pair of pendant ear-rings, three clasps, and an ornamental accessory. In all 3,837 brilliants of 568 3/16 carats, and 67 sapphires of 768.25 carats were employed. The diadem was sold to Mr. Biedermann; a friend of the King of France, as part of the French Crown Jewels sale. The French Crown Jewels was sold in 1887. The original picture of the Diadem from the sapphire parure (Plate 93), and was sold for 135,000 frs. Lot number 38, page 285, A History of the Crown Jewels of Europe, by Lord Twining, printed in London by B. T. Batsford Ltd., dated 1960.
Pictures by Peter-John Parisis, G.G. (Graduate Gemologist)
Gubelin Gem Lab Report
Gemstone (Sapphire) No. : (1) 5.7 carats, (2) 4.4 carats, (3) 6.5 carats, (4) 3.3 carats, (5) 4.4 carats, (6) 8.6 carats, (7) 9.7 carats, (8) 12.8 carats, (9) 11.0 carats, (10) 8.7 carats. Gemmological Report No. 9809057, Appendix 1 to 10, dated 25 September 1998.
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