{"id":91170,"date":"2021-03-31T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T03:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/?p=91170"},"modified":"2021-03-30T09:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T07:52:20","slug":"gioielli-napoleonici-allasta-con-christies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/en\/gioielli-napoleonici-allasta-con-christies\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoleonic jewels at auction with Christie&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\n          google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-1422720793454724\",\n          enable_page_level_ads: true\n     });\n<\/script>x<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"image-side\"\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fe+6a+31-k2+pr\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1422720793454724\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8583266876\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christie&#8217;s<\/strong> is a British auction house founded in 1766. It was born, therefore, three years before <strong>Napoleon<\/strong>, who came into the world in 1769 and died in Sant\u2019Elena on May 5, 1821, 200 years ago. The anniversary also finds a sort of celebration in the world of jewelry, with the sale of the spectacular sapphire and diamond set that belonged to the adopted daughter of the French emperor and general, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (1789-1860). The set will be among the attractions of the Christie&#8217;s Magnificent Jewels auction, scheduled in Geneva on 12 May.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91172\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio.jpg\" alt=\"Octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91172\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio-400x298.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-dettaglio-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIt consists of nine pieces, including a tiara, a necklace, a pair of earrings, two pendants and brooches, as well as a ring and a bracelet, offered as individual lots. A total of 38 sapphires from Ceylon were used to create this set in the early 1800s. The collection also includes the important sapphire crown of Mary II, Queen of Portugal, set with an extraordinary Burmese sapphire in the center.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91173\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91173\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale.jpg\" alt=\"Octagonal step-cut sapphire, single and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800, ring size 6\u00bd. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"495\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale-79x55.jpg 79w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/anello-ottagonale-400x279.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Octagonal step-cut sapphire, single and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800, ring size 6\u00bd. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe reconstruction history recalls that Napoleon I in 1796 married Josephine de Beauharnais, Stephanie&#8217;s aunt, born on August 28, 1789. Her mother died two years later and Stephanie spent her first years with the nuns in the French countryside. Soon after her aunt&#8217;s marriage to Napoleon I, she joined them and grew up in Versailles and Paris. A month before her marriage she was adopted by Napoleon and she became the imperial highness of her princess Stephanie Napol\u00e9on and she was then able to marry on 6 April 1806 with Prince Charles of Baden. Together they had five children: two boys, who died at an early age, and three daughters.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91174\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bracelet, octagonal step-cut sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"469\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91174\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1-83x55.jpg 83w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bracciale-1-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bracelet, octagonal step-cut sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA record in writing, found between the boxes of jewels, stated that these sapphire jewels were given to Stephanie by her cousin Hortense de Beauharnais. Such an origin is very likely. In many paintings Hortense, and her mother Empress Josephine, can be seen wearing precious belts. Furthermore, Hortense\u2019s financial papers, which are kept in the Napol\u00e9on archive in Paris, give evidence of her fortune between 1817 and 1837, the year she passed away. They show that she left Paris in 1816 with little money, but a lot of jewellery.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91175\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91175\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front.jpg\" alt=\"Crown, octagonal step-cut and oval-shaped sapphires, varied old-cut diamonds, gold, 1850s. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"549\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front-71x55.jpg 71w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front-400x310.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Crown-front-195x150.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crown, octagonal step-cut and oval-shaped sapphires, varied old-cut diamonds, gold, 1850s. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAfter Stephanie\u2019s death in 1860 the sapphire parure described as \u2018necklace, pendant, earrings, 7 pins and a belt\u2019 was inherited by Stephanie\u2019s second daughter, Josephine, Princess of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. Under Napol\u00e9on\u2019s court, belts decorated with precious stones were part of any jewellery parure, as fashion dictated that the waist was very high on dresses and court ladies needed a belt which was placed just under the d\u00e9collet\u00e9.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91176\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1.jpg\" alt=\"Earrings, pear and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"506\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91176\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1-77x55.jpg 77w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/orecchini-1-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earrings, pear and cushion-shaped sapphires, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIt seems the belt was remodelled into a bandeau-tiara and a bracelet by Princess Josephine, who died in 1900, aged 83. In her will, she left the sapphires (necklace, bandeau-tiara, earrings, pendants and bracelet) to her eldest son, L\u00e9opold (1835-1905). At this point, Stephanie\u2019s sapphire parure was joined by another spectacular sapphire jewel: a crown with detachable brooches from Queen Maria da Gloria of Portugal (1819-1853).<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91177\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale.jpg\" alt=\"Pendant, octagonal step-cut sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"526\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91177\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale-400x297.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-ottagonale-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendant, octagonal step-cut sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMaria was born in 1819 in Rio, where her family, the Braganza dynasty, took refuge when Napol\u00e9on I invaded their kingdom of Portugal. Her father Pedro, King of Portugal and 1st Emperor of Brazil, abdicated the crown of Portugal in her favour in 1826. Therewith, Maria da Gloria became Queen of Portugal at the age of seven. She died in 1853 after having given birth to 11 children. Her seventh child Infanta Antonia (1845-1913) married L\u00e9opold, Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen in 1861, and it is believed that their union united the two sapphire parures.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91180\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91180\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla.jpg\" alt=\"Brooch, octagonal step-cut sapphire, rose and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"549\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-71x55.jpg 71w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-400x310.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-195x150.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooch, octagonal step-cut sapphire, rose and old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91181\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1.jpg\" alt=\"Necklace, octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800, 40.5 cm, black fitted case. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"724\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1-54x55.jpg 54w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/collana-zaffiri-1-400x408.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Necklace, octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, circa 1800, 40.5 cm, black fitted case. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91179\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91179\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri.jpg\" alt=\"Brooch, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"524\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri-74x55.jpg 74w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri-400x296.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/spilla-zaffiri-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brooch, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_91178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91178\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91178\" src=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente.jpg\" alt=\"Pendant, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#039;s\" width=\"709\" height=\"497\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente.jpg 709w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-78x55.jpg 78w, https:\/\/gioiellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/pendente-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pendant, oval-shaped sapphire, old-cut diamonds, gold, circa 1800. Photo: courtesy Christie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- rettangolo grande --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 336px; height: 280px;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1422720793454724\" data-ad-slot=\"8343610496\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1422720793454724\" data-ad-slot=\"9203601299\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>x Christie&#8217;s is a British auction house founded in 1766. It was born, therefore, three years before Napoleon, who came into the world in 1769 and died in Sant\u2019Elena on May 5, 1821, 200 years ago. The anniversary also finds a sort of celebration in the world of jewelry, with the sale of the spectacular sapphire and diamond set that belonged to the adopted daughter of the French emperor and general, Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (1789-1860). The set will be among the attractions of the Christie&#8217;s Magnificent Jewels auction, scheduled in Geneva on 12 May. 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