yes, I've seen the film. It's a good movie , I loved all the jewelry of both the actors
Royalty & their Jewelry
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yes, I've seen the film. It's a good movie , I loved all the jewelry of both the actors
I don't know why but the first image in my mind when I see this bowl and platter is a bunch of princesses and princes sitting around casually eating popcorn out of it.....
I was thinking of soup
Nizam of Hyderabad's Satlada Pearl Necklace
The terminals in the Satlada Pearl Neckace are triangular shaped made of brilliant enameled gold each set with a triangular shaped flat diamond also surrounded by tiny pearls. In each strand the larger pearls are situated at the center and the smaller pearls towards the ends of the necklace. The total number of Basra pearls in the necklace is said to be 465.Though the total number of pearls in the necklace is known, the average size of the pearls, and the total weight of the pearls in the necklace are not known. Basra pearls are considered as the best pearls in the world.
The terminals in the Satlada Pearl Neckace are triangular shaped made of brilliant enameled gold each set with a triangular shaped flat diamond also surrounded by tiny pearls. In each strand the larger pearls are situated at the center and the smaller pearls towards the ends of the necklace. The total number of Basra pearls in the necklace is said to be 465.Though the total number of pearls in the necklace is known, the average size of the pearls, and the total weight of the pearls in the necklace are not known. Basra pearls are considered as the best pearls in the world.
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^holy cow...LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE GIANT EMERALDS!!!
^it's so exquisite!
^really? how cool
^it's beautiful. I would have thought the back was carved mother of pearl, but white jade is even better.
^what a beautiful example of enamel work.
^gorgeous pearls & perfectly graduated! they look pink/peach. to me in this pic. is that right? the diamond also looks pink/peach.
Ive seen the movie and it's one of my faves!!! The jewelry is exquisite, so much of it! And the story line is so romantic! I had to buy it and watch it over and over again! And I've made other people watch it too and they love it as well! You have to make your friends watch it
lolAll these jewels are soo lovely! I've looked at every page!!!
Ive seen the movie and it's one of my faves!!! The jewelry is exquisite, so much of it! And the story line is so romantic! I had to buy it and watch it over and over again! And I've made other people watch it too and they love it as well! You have to make your friends watch it
All these jewels are soo lovely! I've looked at every page!!!
you're right. if I buy the DVD, it will be so much easier for me to get my friends to watch it. I love that movie.
Nizam of Hyderabad
The Net Worth of Nizam's Jewels would be would be 210.8 Billion USD today. The most famous Nizam is Mir Osaman Ali Khan who is famous for his idiosyncrasies and wealth. He owned worlds grandiose treasures but lived like a pauper, smoke cheap bidhis, and wear tattered clothes.
His collection of pearls alone could fill up an Olympic size swimming pool. He gained the famous Jacob Diamond the 400 carat diamond ( double the size of the Kohinoor and worlds fifth largest, The Jacob Diamond was later purchased by the Government of India in 1995 after a battle of 24 years with the Nizams trust for an estimated $13 million along with other Jewels of The Nizams, and is held at the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. The value of Jacob Diamond alone is 100 million pounds. The seventh and last Nizam found the duck-egg-sized diamond hidden in his fathers slippers and used it as a paperweight.He owned the best collection of Emeralds so beautiful that no jewelers could set it in jewelry .In the Nizam's collection you can see there are 173 jewels, which includes over 25 thousand diamonds, weighing over 12,000 carats (2.4 kg). There are also 2000 emeralds some of them Colombian which weigh over 10,000 carats (2.0 kg), and pearls exceeding 40 thousand chows. The collection includes gemstones, turban ornaments, necklaces and pendants, belts and buckles, earrings, armbands, bangles and bracelets, anklets, cufflinks and buttons, watch chains, and rings, toe rings, and nose rings. Among them is the seven stringed Basra pearl necklace, known as Satlada, which has 465 pearls embedded in it. Now his collection is owned by The Government of India and is declared as a national treasure
The Net Worth of Nizam's Jewels would be would be 210.8 Billion USD today. The most famous Nizam is Mir Osaman Ali Khan who is famous for his idiosyncrasies and wealth. He owned worlds grandiose treasures but lived like a pauper, smoke cheap bidhis, and wear tattered clothes.
His collection of pearls alone could fill up an Olympic size swimming pool. He gained the famous Jacob Diamond the 400 carat diamond ( double the size of the Kohinoor and worlds fifth largest, The Jacob Diamond was later purchased by the Government of India in 1995 after a battle of 24 years with the Nizams trust for an estimated $13 million along with other Jewels of The Nizams, and is held at the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai. The value of Jacob Diamond alone is 100 million pounds. The seventh and last Nizam found the duck-egg-sized diamond hidden in his fathers slippers and used it as a paperweight.He owned the best collection of Emeralds so beautiful that no jewelers could set it in jewelry .In the Nizam's collection you can see there are 173 jewels, which includes over 25 thousand diamonds, weighing over 12,000 carats (2.4 kg). There are also 2000 emeralds some of them Colombian which weigh over 10,000 carats (2.0 kg), and pearls exceeding 40 thousand chows. The collection includes gemstones, turban ornaments, necklaces and pendants, belts and buckles, earrings, armbands, bangles and bracelets, anklets, cufflinks and buttons, watch chains, and rings, toe rings, and nose rings. Among them is the seven stringed Basra pearl necklace, known as Satlada, which has 465 pearls embedded in it. Now his collection is owned by The Government of India and is declared as a national treasure
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Though the color of the Basra pearls in the necklace appear to be light pink , In the you tube video of the Nizam's jewelry ,It shows that the pearls in the Satlada Necklace are actually white in color. This is more in conformity with the natural color of Basra pearls which is mostly white though other colors such as light pink, cream, yellow and golden also sometimes occur. The diamonds however are perfect Golconda Diamonds
