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'Bonheur' chain bracelet

A gold and jewelled chain bracelet formed with jewelled letters forming the inscription BON HEUR 1892, incorporating diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds, between plaited links.

Provenance

Given to Queen Alexandra, when Princess of Wales, by Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, to mark his engagement to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (Princess May or Mary, later Queen Mary). Alexandra in turn presented it to the Princess on the first anniversary of Albert Victor's death.

Explore the Royal Collection, one of the largest and most important art collections in the world, and one of the last great European royal c

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Shadow box.

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Antique Bat netsuke

my collection it stands on a jewelers Anvil from early 19th century 

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Parsley the Lion!! this blog brings me joy

Parsley is friend-shaped!

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Snuffbox in the Form of an Envelope Russian, 1765–85 Porcelain with overglaze and gold The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

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[ANECDOTE] Bague de Poilu : expression de l’art de tranchée ► http://bit.ly/Art-Poilu Les soldats de la Première Guerre mondiale s’adonnaient, lors des attentes dans les tranchées, à la création artistique manuelle, donnant naissance à ce que l’on appela l’ « artisanat de tranchée » ou l’ « art du Poilu », confectionnant des bibelots à l’aide de l’aluminium ou de laiton entrant dans la composition des douilles des munitions #bague #Poilu #art #tranchée #soldats #Première #Guerre #mondiale #création #artistique #manuelle #bibelots #bagues #briquets #couteaux #objets de piété #boîtes à bijoux