Unidentified, Mystery and Lost Royal Jewels

[ladongas]

Here’s a recently ‘found’ piece that was merely cleverly stashed away for the better part of a century:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/arts/design/florentine-diamond-resurfaces-hapsburg.html?unlocked_article_code=1.208.HIOj.OhypXlJRHmUp&smid=url-share

The pictures are quite vivid.

 

[maria-olivia]

The Princesses of Romania wore the greek tiara for their Weddings; Why a loan of the Esssx tiara for Princess Margaretha, King Michel eldest daughter. Was the tiara not availible.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

The French Republic of the 1870s did not destroy all the French royal jewels. Instead, the Crown Jewels were sold off in 1885 after the Third Republic, with most of them being sold to collectors and institutions.
Who were the collectors?