Royal & Noble Jewels
Royal & Noble Jewels
A Tsar's Treasure: Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
Estimate
900 - 1,300 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Comprising: a rectangular case engraved ‘Maria 29. October 1904’, the lid set with a cabochon ruby, sapphire and emerald, the push piece collet-set with a cabochon sapphire, German maker’s and assay marks for silver; an arced square case engraved ’12. März 1917.’, set with circular-cut sapphires, signed E. Menner Stuttgart, German maker’s and assay marks for silver; a rectangular case engraved ‘In treuer Freundschaft Eugen, 1865- 23.XII-1935’, signed Rozet & Fischmeister, Austrian maker’s and assay marks for silver; and a square case engraved with the engraved facsimile handwritten message ‘Verlorenes Vielliebchen Stuttgart im Januar 1895, Isabella’, German assay mark for silver.
Archduchess Maria Immaculata of Austria-Tuscany gifted the case engraved ’29. October 1904’ to her husband Robert, Duke of Württemberg as a fourth wedding anniversary gift.
The case engraved ‘In treuer Freundschaft Eugen’ was given by Albrecht Eugen, Duke of Württemberg to his father Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (1865-1939) as a seventieth birthday present on 23 December 1935.
Duchess Isabella of Württemberg, Princess Johann Georg of Saxony gifted the case inscribed with a facsimile handwritten message ‘Verlorenes Vielliebchen Stuttgart im Januar 1895’ to her brother Robert, Duke of Württemberg in January 1895. The mysterious message must allude to an anecdote that occurred between brother and sister involving an almond nut with a double nucleus, its precise significance is likely lost to time indefinitely.
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