Chapter 1276: The beloved thing of the peerless **** queen
Ye Tian began to disassemble the white satin bag in his hand, and explained the meaning of the patterns embroidered on the white satin.
"Iris is the national flower of France. The logo that everyone sees now is decorated with three irises on an oval shield. It is a symbol of the French Bourbon dynasty, but it is only a short version!"
As he spoke, he had already untied the white satin packet in his hand, and presented the contents wrapped in it in front of everyone.
It was a pearl and diamond bow brooch, exquisitely designed, elegant and gorgeous, it was a top jewellery in Rococo style.
At the top of the brooch is a dazzling diamond, huge in size and perfectly cut, radiating an extremely bright light, making everyone's eyes dizzy.
Below this huge diamond, there is a diamond platinum bow, which is only wonderful and beautiful, and it is very beautiful, and it also emits brilliant light!
But these are just accessories. The most eye-catching and even crazy thing about this top jewellery is the drop-shaped pearl that falls below!
That pure and flawless white natural pearl is about the size of a quail egg, it can be said to be extremely rare, and you can see the endless light on its surface! Extremely luxurious,
Because of the age, this pearl has turned a little yellow and needs some treatment!
With a little processing, this pearl and diamond bow brooch will completely restore its former appearance and emit a brighter and more charming light.
The moment they saw this pearl and diamond bow brooch, everyone on the scene was completely stunned.
Except for Ye Tian, one of the people on the scene counted as one. His eyes widened in an instant, staring closely at the baby in Ye Tian's hands, eyes full of fascination and craziness.
Especially Betty, she gently covered her mouth with her hand, lest she could not control her emotions, she screamed wildly with excitement, her eyes flashed with stars, and there was nothing else.
The antique shop became quiet, only a heavy and rapid breathing remained, and there were no other sounds.
After a long time, Gatlink's disheartened voice came out, breaking the tranquility of the scene.
"This is the legendary pearl and diamond bow brooch. I'm sure that this set of antique furniture belongs to Martha Christina. To be precise, it should be the furniture of Martha Christina's servant!"
His voice just fell, and Jurgen's voice sounded immediately afterwards, also full of incredible.
"Yes! This is indeed the legendary brooch, but how could it be here? How could it appear in Brussels? According to legend, wasn't it sent to Vienna, Austria?"
Except for Ye Tian, everyone at the scene didn't quite understand what the two antique art appraisal experts said.
"Steven, is this pearl and diamond bow brooch a very famous piece of jewelry? Why did Gatlink say that? Who was the original owner of this piece of jewelry?"
Betty asked in surprise, keeping her eyes fixed on the baby in Ye Tian's hand, unwilling to look away for a moment.
Ye Tian gently picked up the brooch with two fingers, looked back and forth, and then handed the dazzling top jewellery to Betty and placed it gently in her palm.
The moment Betty received the brooch, Betty leaned in to admire her, her expression was drunk!
At the same time, Ye Tian also began to explain the story related to this top jewellery.
"Gatlink is right. This is indeed a legendary pearl and diamond bow brooch. It is very famous in history. It can be said to be a huge surprise to find it here.
The former owner of this top-quality jewellery was the last queen of the Bourbon dynasty, also known as Queen Mary, the wife of the last king of the Bourbon dynasty, Louis XVI.
In the wave of the French Revolution, although the Bourbon dynasty had a brief restoration in the 19th century, we generally talk about the end of the French Bourbon dynasty with Louis XVI as the end.
As the wife of Louis XVI, Queen Mary, known as the Peerless Queen, is probably one of the most extravagant queens in European history. She is very enthusiastic and obsessed with top jewelry.
Queen Mary, who was born in the Royal Family of the Holy Roman Empire, grew up in luxury and luxury. When she grew up and married to France, she developed this luxurious life style to the extreme.
As long as she sees the jewelry she likes, she will buy it without hesitation, never considering the price factor. The crazy degree of her buying jewelry is absolutely unprecedented!
As one of the top powers in Europe at the time, France was even ‘buy’ by her to the state of bankruptcy. Because of this famous arrogance, she was also called the ‘Madame Deficit’.
"Wow! It's an exaggeration, it's an extreme luxury"
There was a cry of exclamation at the scene, everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's remarks, and they were also shocked by Queen Mary's arrogance.
After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:
"The outbreak of the French Revolution was largely related to Queen Mary's extremely extravagant lifestyle. It was precisely because of her extravagance that France's finances fell into an unprecedented serious crisis!
What followed was the turbulent French Revolution. The Bourbon dynasty that had ruled France for hundreds of years was completely overthrown. Queen Mary, like her husband, was guillotined by the French people.
In 1791, Louis XVI and Queen Mary had no choice but to flee in a hurry in order to save their lives in the face of the surging revolutionary wave, but Queen Mary was reluctant to bear her dazzling jewelry.
She began to prepare a few months in advance, sorted and carefully wrapped many of her precious jewellery, and then commissioned trusted servants and friends to hurriedly take out of France at the time.
The pearl and diamond butterfly brooch that you see now is a very famous piece of jewelry. Queen Mary arranged for someone to secretly deliver it to her sister in Brussels, Belgium.
Queen Mary’s sister, Martha Christina, whom Mr. Gatlin said just now, came from the Royal Family of the Holy Roman Empire and was a member of the Belgian Royal Family at that time. This is recorded in historical books.
According to legend, the batch of top jewellery that Queen Mary sent to Brussels was not long before being transferred to Vienna, Austria, where Queen Mary’s natal family was the place where she was most assured.
After the jewels were sent to Vienna, they were handed over to Queen Mary’s nephew, the later Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, for safekeeping and kept there.
It is a pity that Louis XVI and Queen Mary’s escape plan failed. The two of them were tried one after another, and then put on a guillotine by the revolutionary French people. They never saw the jewelry again.
In the trial of Queen Mary, her extravagant behavior of buying jewelry was one of the reasons for her conviction. To some extent, it can be said that Queen Mary died of these jewelry!
After the death of Louis XVI and Queen Mary, their only daughter, Marie Teresa, took back part of her mother's jewelry, some of which was later donated by her to others.
For more than two hundred years since then, these top jewels have been circulating in private hands, have been held by nobles from all over Europe, and have never been seen in public.
The appearance of this pearl and diamond butterfly brooch is enough to explain that Martha Christina, who received Queen Mary's jewelry, did not send all her jewelry to Vienna!
She intercepted part of it without authorization, and it was the most eye-catching and valuable brooch. If it were not for this, there would be no such huge surprise now! "
Everyone on the scene was completely dumbfounded, each of them dumbfounded, their eyes were wide, and their eyes were almost flying out of their sockets!
Feeling at the arrogant and extravagant life style of Queen Mary, everyone secretly sighed!
A person who loves jewellery can reach this point. Not only did ‘buy’ bankrupt a European power, it triggered a wave of magnificent revolution, and even lost his life!
What Steven said is right. In terms of her love for top jewellery, Queen Mary is absolutely unprecedented and no one to come!
"How much is this Queen Mary's pearl and diamond bow brooch worth? Steven, can you tell everyone about it? Surely worth it?"
Joseph asked curiously, his eyes full of envy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Not him, this is also a question that everyone at the scene is very concerned about, everyone wants to know the answer to this question, including those who have fallen into despair and are ashamed. Ghent and his son.
Hearing Joseph's question, everyone looked at Ye Tian and looked forward to his answer!
Ye Tian looked at the top jewellery Betty was holding, and then smiled and said:
"In France in the eighteenth century, the value of this pearl and diamond bow brooch should be between 800,000 livres and one million livres. The livres were the French monetary unit at that time.
You may not quite understand the amount of money. At that time, buying an ordinary house in a small French town usually only cost 200 livres. This shows how expensive this piece of jewelry is!
Today, more than two hundred years later, this is also an invaluable treasure. According to my estimation, the value of this piece of jewelry should be between 30 and 40 million euros! "
When the voice fell, the entire antique shop immediately fell silent, deathly silence, everyone seemed to have completely lost the ability to breathe!
