Turquoise Jewels with Diamonds| Jewellery |Fürstin Therese von Thurn-Taxis | Schmuck
Turquoise Jewels with Diamonds| Jewellery |Fürstin Therese von Thurn-Taxis | Schmuck
Turquoise and Diamond Parure
The parure from the 1840s, mounted in silver and gold, "comprises a necklace with detachable bow centre-piece, a pair of flaring bracelets, a larger, two medium-sized and two small bow-knot brooches, all set with oval turquoises flanked by courses of rose diamonds, the necklace also with diamond floral motifs. This parure was offered at the famous auction at Sotheby's Geneva 17 Nov 1992.
The Turquoise and Diamond Brooch/Bracelet Clasp or Necklace Front Clasp
In the portrait above, Fürstin Therese von Thurn und Taxis, painted in 1833 by Stieler, is wearing a large three strand pearl necklace with an clasp of turquoise and diamonds.
"Designed as a larger central oval cluster set with a turquoise within a two-row border of smaller turquoises and cushion-shaped diamonds, flanked by two detachable similarly set smaller clusters (one turquoise has been replaced with glass)."
The tripartite clasp probably had an alternative function as a bracelet clasp with a band formed of strings of pearls. Several designs for variants of the three-part construction are known from Köchert.
This complex clasp was made for a triple-row pearl necklace worn by Fürstin Therese von Thurn und Taxis who was born the Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773-1839). She was aged sixty when Stieler painted her portrait. Like her sister Queen Luise of Prussia, she was well-read, artistic and enthusiastically involved in the politics of the day. As wife of Fürst Carl Alexander, she staunchly defended the interests of the House of Thurn and Taxis at the Vienna Congress of 1815.
Source: Sotheby's
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