The 1963 French film "Pink Panther & Stealing Incense" depicts an Indian princess living in Switzerland holding a masquerade ball, and people from all walks of life come to see the Pink Panther Diamond.
Once upon a time, the rulers of the indian states were the great gold lords of European jewelers. Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, have custom-made these jewelry-obsessed landlords who are unparalleled in the world's rare luxury jewelry. They are full of exotic aesthetic tastes that inspire jewelers and cast many long-standing classics.
Worn by the princes of Baroda around 1860, these emeralds were later removed as anklets by the last Duchess of Baroda, Sita Devi
Sita Devi, the last Duchess of Baroda, known as the "Mrs. Simpson of India", is one of the world's most famous owners of luxury jewelry, and she has lived a colorful social life of 40 years, with only these "beautiful and useless gadgets".
The largest 128.48 ct "Southern Star" Brazilian pink diamond in the middle and a drop-shaped "British Dresden" diamond below is 78.5 carats
Sita Devi wasn't born in Punta Jasper, so her story isn't too "Cinderella". Her father was one of the more than 500 native lords of British India, and according to the custom of the time, she married the son of another minor landlord at a very young age, and had three children before the age of 25.
Sita Devi's legend as an Indian royal family began at the Jockey Club in Baroda in the autumn of 1943, and although they each had marriage and children, she and Prince Singh, the prince of Baroda, fell in love like lightning, and to the point of divorce and reunion.
Sita Devi, at the advice of her lawyer, broke away from Islam and joined Hinduism to end her first marriage. Prince Singh, the prince of Baroda, was not so easy, as his grandfather had enacted laws prohibiting divorce from his baroda subjects. The prince, on the other hand, took advantage of the loopholes in the law, interpreting that the law was only valid for his subjects, and that the ruler of Baroda was not bound by it. The British authorities eventually agreed to his complaint and accepted Sita Devi as the duchess of Baroda, but did not grant her the royal title of "her highness".
In 1946, the maharaja and his wife took their one-year-old son, Princess, on a long trip to the United States, which is said to have cost ten million dollars. Sita Devi's extravagant royal lifestyle of buying and buying all luxuries stunned the american and European high society.
India gained independence, the British left a huge power vacuum, the various states were incorporated into a unified India, and Sita Devi and Prince Singer went into exile in Monte Carlo, taking with them large sums of Money from Baroda and incredibly luxurious jewelry.
Seven strands of Wild Baroda Pearls
All of the above are Van Cleef & Arpels Haute Couture
She knew how to display luxury jewelry and attract attention, and when all Indian maharajahs covered their heads with saris for photographs, Sita Devi was always able to hold her hair to reveal earrings and necklaces, her hands wore bracelets and rings, and even cigarette cases were encrusted with rubies.
European exile, with no additional income support, Sita Devi's extravagant and unbridled life, the inner pocket soon came up. European fine jewelry auction houses began to appear her "beautiful useless gadgets."
Sita Devi sold Herry Winston a batch of historic emeralds, which were re-set and sold to the Duchess of Windsor. At the 1953 New York social dinner, the Duchess of Windsor wore Herry Winston's emerald necklace, and Sita Devi, who was invited, said on the spot: They were still more beautiful when they were worn on my feet.
The embarrassing genuine Mrs. Simpson lost to the "Indian Simpson" and immediately returned the necklace.
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