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smithsonian institution
15 décembre 2012

Marie-Antoinette Earrings

Marie-Antoinette Earrings
These two large, pear-shaped diamonds weigh 14.25 and 20.34 carats respectively. They once were supposedly set in earrings that belonged to Marie Antoinette, the queen of France who was guillotined in 1793 during the French Revolution. The diamonds were...
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8 janvier 2010

The Wittelsbach diamond, now the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond @ the Smithsonian Institution in Washington

The Wittelsbach diamond, now the Wittelsbach-Graff diamond @ the Smithsonian Institution in Washington
The Wittelsbach diamond (shown in 2008 before recutting) was part of the dowry for the Infanta Margarita Teresa. Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company The Infanta Margarita Teresa. Musée du Louvre, Paris For more than a half-century, one of the world's...