Royal & Noble Jewels

Royal & Noble Jewels

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1005. Three pairs of sapphire, diamond and lapis lazuli cufflinks, 1890s.

A Tsar's Treasure: Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948)

Three pairs of sapphire, diamond and lapis lazuli cufflinks, 1890s

Estimate

1,500 - 2,600 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Comprising: pair of hammered gold cufflinks, designed as a figure-of-eight collet-set with circular-cut sapphires, case stamped Moritz Elimeyer Dresden; a pair of polished gold cufflinks, the oval terminals set with circular-cut diamonds and sapphires; and a pair of cufflinks set with spherical polished lapis lazuli, Austrian assay marks for gold.

Robert, Duke of Württemberg (1873-1947)

Cf.: Walter Graser, Franz Hemmerle, Alexander von Württemberg (eds.), Kostbare Manschettenknöpfe – Von Pablo Picasso bis James Bond, Munich, Hirmer, 2016, pg. 45 for the lapis lazuli cufflinks dated 1880-1890; pg. 36 for the pair of gold, sapphire and diamond cufflinks dated circa 1890-1900, pg. 51 for the pair of sapphire and hammered gold cufflinks dated circa 1890-1900.