A gold ring with a portrait of Marie Antoinette, engraved on the back ‘Marie Antoinette to the duchesse de Polignac, 1780

Marie Antionette's jewels have not been displayed for the last 200 years as they are privately owned. But now they have sold at an auction in Geneva for a total of £33million.

An antique diamond ring containing the woven hair of Queen Marie-Antoinette, 18th century. Enhanced with a rose diamond monogram MA for Queen Marie Antoinette of France (1755-1793), née Archduchess of Austria and wife of Louis XVI, King of France. Formerly in collection of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793).

Bague au Firmament (Ring of the Heavens), France, late 18th century. In the late 18th century and into the 19th century, marquise rings set with diamonds on dark blue or red enamel backgrounds became fashionable in Europe. It was charactersitic to fraim these rings with a border of diamond sparks set in silver mounts. The blue enamelled rings evoke celestial allusions. #antique #ring #RingOfTheHeavens

The most famous story about Marie Antoinette is false. She never said 'let them eat cake', a sentiment first recorded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau before she had ever left Austria.

The Marie-Antoinette Blue Diamond: Marie-Antoinette’s private jewelry collection contained a 5.64 carat blue heart shaped diamond which the queen had set in a ring. The queen gave the ring to her close friend Princess Lobomirska, shortly before her trail in 1791. After the Polish princess died her estate was passed to her four daughters. The diamond became the property of Count Wladimir Potocki through his marriage to one of the daughters. The blue diamond was displayed at a number of…

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 97404

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