Diadem for a lady of the order of Queen Marie Louise - Lot 93

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Diadem for a lady of the order of Queen Marie Louise - Lot 93
Diadem for a lady of the order of Queen Marie Louise Rare antique Macedonian-style diadem with gold mounting, adorned with three cameos, including a portrait of Emperor Alexander the Great in right profile in the center, and most likely that of his mother, Olympias (in right profile), on the left, and that of his Persian wife, Stateira (in left profile), on the right. Encircled by blue enamel and surmounted by an enameled and pearled fleuron (accident), the cameo portrait of Emperor Alexander rests in the center on a canthara flanked by two enameled and pearled griffins and fleurons, themselves resting on a base with an embossed frieze of acanthus leaf scrolls. French work, circa 1810 Gold, enamel and pearls, shell cameos. in its box. Weight : 44 grs gross Provenance : - Alcalá-Galiano y Bermúdez family, Count of Casa-Valencia - daughter, Maria de las Mercédès ALCALA-GALIANO y VALENCIA (1828 - 1917) Maid of honor to the Queen of Spain, she was a childhood friend of Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. She was appointed Dame de l'Ordre de La Reine on July 12, 1851. - by descent María de las Mercedes Alcalá Galiano y Valencia, daughter of the Count of Casa-Valencia, grew up in a cultured environment where literature and the arts were valued. She married the Belgian diplomat Baron Beyens and accompanied him to the French court, where she played an appreciated role as hostess and social figure. Her daughter Isabelle's godmother was Queen Isabella II of Spain. Her son, Eugène Napoléon, had Emperor Napoleon II and the Empress as godfather and godmother.
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