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June 2024, Part 1
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AJF LIVE WITH DR. EMILY STOEHRER: JUNE 26, 2024, 12 P.M. EST
As the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Senior Curator of Jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stoehrer oversees a collection that spans 6,000 years and includes more than 22,000 objects—including ancient jewelry, a growing collection of 19th and 20th-century high-style jewelry, and the Daphne Farago Collection of contemporary jewelry. At the MFA, she curated Past Is Present: Revival Jewelry, and co-curated Boston Made: Arts & Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork and Hollywood Glamour: Fashion & Jewelry from the Silver Screen.Register here.
AJF T ~ Saad719 ~ The Duchess of Kentpassed away at the age of 92 earlier this week. The Baronet’s daughter who married the late Queen’s first cousin and was a working royal for over 40 years before retiring from royal duties, the Duchess possessed some spectacular heirloom Jewels, and after Queen Mary’s Diamond Crochet Bandeau, today, we are featuring the historic Cambridge Sapphire Parure! Continue reading → ~ Saad719 ~ Today marks the 105th Anniversary of the Death of Grand Duchess Vladimir, who passed away on this day in 1920! The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchess who married a Grand Duke, becoming an imperious Society Hostess and the last member of the Family to escape Russia, the Grand Duchess possessed a legendary jewellery collection, which included this spectacular Sapphire and Diamond Necklace! Continue reading → ~ Saad719 ~ We received sad news that the Duchess of Kenthas passed away at the age of 92. The Baronet’s daughter who married the late Queen’s first cousin and was a working royal for over 40 years before retiring from royal duties, the Duchess possessed some spectacular heirloom Jewels, which included Queen Mary’s Diamond Crochet Ban For more than a century, the fate of the dazzling Darya-e-Noor diamond has been sealed inside a bank vault -- a mystery that haunts Khawaja Naim Murad, descendant of the former princes, or Nawabs, of Dhaka. Locked away in 1908, were the family's heirlooms lost during the violence at the end of British rule in 1947? Did they survive Bangladesh's war of freedom in 1971 and the string of coups that followed, or are they still safe, dusty but untouched? Many suspect the jewels are long gone, and officials at the state-run bank hesitate to simply open the vault, fearing they'd carry the charge if it is empty. But the cash-strapped South Asian government contain now ordered a committee unseal the vault -- and Murad clings to hope. "This is not a fairytale," said Murad, 55, recounting a story passed down from his father about the giant diamond dubbed the "River of Light", the centrepiece rock of glittering armband. "The diamond was rectangular in shape and surrounded by more than half a dozen smaller diamonds," Murad told AFP. It was part of a trove of 108 treasures. According to original court documents, they include a gold-and-silver sword encrusted with diamo Interested in learning more about jewels, royal or otherwise? Here’s a handy section of links to various resources, both in print and online, for furthering your own education. I’ll be adding to this section of the website regularly. If you’ve found a great book or website not listed here, I’d love to hear about it. (I can read English and French, though I prefer to read English translations when available!) Just drop me a note at lauren@thecourtjeweller.com! (Note: links to books are my Amazon referral links. If you buy a book after clicking one of these links, I get a small percentage of the profits to bolster my own jewel library and produce more content for all of you!)
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