Italian tiara, Kashmir sapphire to feature at Sotheby's auction

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Italian tiara, Kashmir sapphire to characteristic at Sotheby's auction

A tiara passed down through generations of Italy'southward royal family will be amidst the highlights at a Sotheby'due south auction of jewels in Geneva next week.

GENEVA: A tiara passed down through generations of Italia's royal family volition be among the highlights at a Sotheby'southward auction of jewels in Geneva next week.

Dating to the second half of the 19th century, the tiara was a nuptials gift to Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo upon her marriage in 1867 to Amadeo I of Savoy, later king of Spain.

The tiara features graduated scroll motifs fix with diamonds and natural pearls and is on sale with an estimate price of US$1 one thousand thousand to Usa$one.5 meg.

"It'south a true, cute and historic piece which has remained in the House of Savoy for over 150 years," said Benoit Repellin, caput of magnificent jewels sales at Sotheby'due south.

The May xi auction also features large diamonds and coloured gemstones, including a 1930s sapphire and diamond brooch featuring the largest Kashmir sapphire ever to announced at sale - a 55.xix-carat oval jewel - alongside a Kashmir sapphire weighing 25.97 carats.

Estimated to fetch US$2 million to U.s.a.$three million, it belonged to an heiress of the Guinness brewery fortune, said Olivier Wagner, senior director of the jewellery section at Sotheby's.

Kashmir sapphires are sought afterward as they were discovered at the stop of the 19th century and the mines were only exploited over xx years, he told Reuters.

"The only way to find them is to buy them at auction," he said.

(Reporting past Denis Balibouse, Writing by Michael Shields; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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