Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1276: Marie Marie’s favorite thing
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Ye Tian began to disassemble the white satin bag in his hand and explained to everyone the meaning of the patterns embroidered on the white satin.
"The iris is the national flower of France. The logo you see now, an oval shield decorated with three iris flowers, is the logo of the French Bourbon dynasty, but it is only a simplified version!"
As he spoke, he had already unwrapped the small white satin bag in his hand and presented the contents wrapped inside to everyone's eyes.
That is a pearl and diamond bow brooch. It is beautifully designed, elegant and gorgeous. It is a top-notch piece of jewelry in the Rococo art style.
The top of the brooch is a dazzling diamond. It is huge in size and perfectly cut. It radiates extremely bright light and makes everyone's eyes dizzy.
Under this huge diamond, there is a diamond and platinum bow, which is delicate and delicate, about to fly, extremely beautiful, and also radiating brilliant light!
But these are just accessories. The most eye-catching and even crazy thing about this top-grade jewelry is the drop-shaped pearl falling below!
The pure and flawless white natural pearl is the size of a quail egg. It can be said to be extremely rare. You can see the precious light constantly flowing on its surface! Extremely luxurious,
Due to its age, this pearl has turned slightly yellow and needs some treatment!
With just a little treatment, this pearl and diamond bow brooch will completely restore its former appearance, radiating a brighter and more charming light.
The moment they saw this pearl and diamond bow brooch, everyone at the scene was completely stunned.
Except for Ye Tian, everyone present had their eyes widened in an instant, staring closely at the treasure in Ye Tian's hand, their eyes full of intoxication and madness.
Especially Betty, she gently covered her mouth with her hand, lest she could not control her emotions, and screamed wildly with excitement, her eyes sparkling with stars, and there was nothing else.
The antique shop became quiet, only the sound of heavy and rapid breathing was left, and there was no other sound.
After a long time, Gatlink's distraught voice came out, breaking the tranquility of the scene.
"This is the legendary pearl and diamond bow brooch. I am sure that this set of antique furniture belongs to Martha Christina. To be precise, it should be the furniture of Martha Christina's servant!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jurgen's voice sounded immediately, also full of incredible.
"Yes! This is indeed the legendary brooch, but why is it here? How did it appear in Brussels? According to legend, wasn't it sent to Vienna, Austria?"
Except for Ye Tian, no one else at the scene understood the words of the two antique art appraisal experts.
"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, her eyes always fixed on the treasure in Ye Tian's hand, unwilling to look away for a moment.
Ye Tian gently picked up the brooch with two fingers, looked at it back and forth, and then handed the dazzling top-grade jewelry to Betty and gently placed it in her palm.
The moment she received the brooch, Betty came closer to admire it, her expression was one of fascination!
At the same time, Ye Tian also began to explain the story related to this top-notch jewelry.
"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-notch jewelry was the last queen of the Bourbon dynasty, the famous Queen Marie, the wife of Louis XVI, the last king of the Bourbon dynasty.
During the wave of the French Revolution, although the Bourbon dynasty had a brief restoration in the 19th century, when we generally talk about the end of the French Bourbon dynasty, it ends with Louis XVI.
As the wife of Louis XVI, Queen Marie, known as Marie Antoinette, was probably one of the most extravagant and lustful queens in European history. She was extremely fanatical and obsessed with top-quality jewelry.
Queen Mary, who was born into the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire, grew up in luxury and luxury. When she grew up and married in France, she developed this luxurious lifestyle to the extreme.
As long as she sees jewelry she likes, she will buy it without hesitation, never considering the price. Her craziness in buying jewelry is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented!
As one of the top powers in Europe at the time, France was even 'bought' by her to the point of national bankruptcy. Because of her famous arrogance and extravagance, she was also called the 'Deficit Lady'"
"Wow! It's too exaggerated, it's so luxurious"
There was an exclamation of exclamation at the scene. Everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's words and dumbfounded by Queen Mary's arrogance and lewdness.
After a pause, Ye Tian continued:
“The outbreak of the French Revolution was largely related to Queen Mary’s extremely luxurious 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 Marie faced the surging revolutionary wave. In order to save their lives, they had no choice but to flee in panic, but Queen Marie was reluctant to part with her dazzling jewelry.
She started preparations months in advance, sorting many of her precious jewelry into categories, wrapping them carefully, and then entrusted trusted servants and friends to take them out of France in a hurry.
The pearl and diamond butterfly brooch you see now is a very famous piece of jewelry. Queen Mary arranged for someone to secretly send it to her sister in Brussels, Belgium.
Queen Mary's sister, the Martha Christina whom Mr. Gatlink just mentioned, 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 history books.
According to legend, the batch of top-quality jewelry that Queen Mary sent to Brussels was soon transferred to Vienna, Austria, which was Queen Mary's natal home and the place where she felt most at ease.
After this batch of jewelry was delivered to Vienna, it was handed over to Queen Mary's nephew, Leopold II, the subsequent Holy Roman Emperor, for safekeeping, and has been stored there ever since.
It is a pity that the escape plan of Louis XVI and Queen Mary failed. They were tried successively and then guillotined by the revolutionary French people. These jewels were never seen again.
When Queen Mary was tried, her extravagant behavior of buying jewelry like crazy became one of the reasons for her conviction. To a certain extent, it can be said that Queen Mary died because of these jewelry!
After the death of Louis XVI and Queen Marie, their only daughter, Marie Theresa, took back some of her mother's jewels, and some of them were later given to others by her.
For more than two hundred years, these top-level jewelry have been circulating in private hands, held by nobles across Europe, and have never been shown in public.
The appearance of this pearl and diamond butterfly brooch in front of you is enough to illustrate that Martha Christina, who received Queen Mary’s jewelry, did not send all the jewelry to Vienna!
She took the initiative to withhold part of it, and it was the most eye-catching and valuable brooch. If not for this, there would be no such huge surprise! "
Everyone at the scene was completely dumbfounded. Their eyes were so wide that they almost flew out of their sockets!
While lamenting Queen Mary's arrogant and luxurious life style, everyone was also secretly sighing!
A person can love jewelry to such an extent that he not only bankrupted a powerful European country by buying it, but also triggered a magnificent revolutionary wave, and even lost his own life because of it!
What Steven said is absolutely correct. In terms of her love for top-quality jewelry, Queen Mary is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented!
“How much is this Queen Mary’s pearl and diamond bow brooch worth? Steven, can you tell us? It must be priceless, right?”
Joseph asked curiously, his eyes filled with envy.
Not only him, this is also a question of great concern to everyone at the scene. Everyone wants to know the answer to this question, including the Ghent father and son, who have fallen into despair and are heartbroken.
Hearing Joseph's question, everyone looked at Ye Tian in unison, looking forward to his answer!
Ye Tian looked at the top-grade jewelry that Betty was holding in his hand, and then said with a smile:
"In eighteenth-century France, the value of this pearl and diamond bow brooch should have been between 800,000 livres and one million livres. The livre was the French currency unit at that time.
You may not quite understand the amount of money. At that time, it usually only cost 200 livres to buy an ordinary house in a small French town. From this, we can see how expensive this piece of jewelry is!
Today, more than two hundred years later, this is also a priceless treasure. According to my estimation, the value of this piece of jewelry should be between 30 million and 40 million euros! "
As soon as the words fell, the entire antique store fell silent. It was deathly silent. Everyone seemed to have completely lost the ability to breathe!