Category:Jewels from the Polish Vasa Collection

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Jewels
The Polish Vasas were in possession of a diamond ring used for the coronation of Polish kings and a Swedish coronation ring. In 1646 written record of King's jewelry there was a mention of at least 14 objects evoking favors, such as diamond sertum, compactile, nodus aureus pectoralis, nodus in rosa figura, nodus ex smaragdis diversis encaustatus coloribus ex quo pendet iconaria pixis, in auris pendula rosa, rosa ex chalibe adamantibus, sertum diversis etc.
Queen Marie Louise's jewels
Inventory of the Queen Marie Louise's jewels includes 34 items, among which are listed:
three boxes of silver
1 cup of pure gold weighing nearly 100 red-gold
4 silver pots
a huge candelabra
a lot of small diamonds
9 large emeralds
4 papers of sapphires
a chain of 52 emeralds and 86 small diamonds
a chain with 52 rubies "en table" surrounded by rubies
a cross with 7 rubies
a diamond crest composed of five large diamonds in the feathers, a big diamond at the center is surrounded by 20 diamonds
a small diamond crown etc.

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