Sotheby’s Royal & Noble Jewels
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This edition of Sotheby’s signature Royal & Noble Jewels auction unites rare and exceptional jewels with outstanding Royal and noble provenances.Â
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The sale is lead by a historical diamond brooch/pendant lost by Napoleon when fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo. This highly significant jewel remained in the Prussian Royal collection for over two centuries and is now offered at auction for the very first time. Further highlights include a rare surviving example of an elaborate 1840s hair ornament set with natural pearls, originally owned by Kunigunde of Saxony, as well as a superb emerald and diamond necklace set with a highly crystalline 11.78 carat emerald commissioned from Cartier New York in 1932.
Two Historical Napoleonic Jewels from the Hohenzollern Treasury
A Rare and Historically Important Natural Pearl and Diamond Jewel
Neslishah Sultan: The Last Princess
Diamond Tiaras
No other jewel conjures images of romance and fairytales like the tiara.
Exhibition in Geneva
7–11 November | 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Mandarin Oriental, Quai Turrettini 1,1201 Geneva
For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact:
+41 (0) 22 908 48 00
For sale enquiries, please contact:
Andres White Correal
Chairman | Jewelry, EMEA
+44 7921 685 721
Emily Barber
Senior Director | Head of Fine Jewelry, EMEA
London
+44 207 3947 5444
Quig Bruning
Senior Vice President | Head of Jewelry, Americas & EMEA
New York
+1 212 606 7392
Catharine Becket
Senior Vice President | Global Head of High Jewelry
New York
+1 212 894 1027
Jessica Wyndham
Director | Head of High Jewelry, Europe
Geneva
+41 22 908 4841
Jemima Chamberlain-Adams
Deputy Director | Head of Sale, Fine Jewelry Geneva
+41 22 908 4760
Simon Giannini
Deputy Director | Specialist
Geneva
+41 22 908 4851
Saumya Khimji
Associate Specialist
Geneva
+41 22 908 4831
Vincent Vanhoucke
Cataloguer
Geneva
+41 22 908 4882