Sparkling Royal Jewels From Around the World
Sotheby’s announced this week that they’ll soon be auctioning off a remarkable diamond necklace from the Georgian period–and they’ve hinted that there are possible connections to the doomed French queen, Marie Antoinette, and the famous Affair of the Diamond Necklace.
Botswana has been in the news in recent weeks for an astonishingly large diamond find in one of its mines. But the nation’s diamond industry is also producing slightly more modest stones, including this fascinating pair of twin diamonds set to be sold this month at Sotheby’s.
August is the month for celebrating the grassy-green peridot, and today, we’ve got a closer look at a recently-auctioned tiara set with the gemstone–and its fascinating Scottish aristocratic history.