The Art Deco aquamarine pendant which once belonged to Princess Viktoria Luise. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,600
A pendant and a brooch once belonging to Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II, feature at a sale in Dublin on February 21. John Weldon Auctioneers of Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar, will offer an Art Deco style brooch with aquamarine and diamonds set in 14 carat white gold and a brooch set with opals and diamonds. The pendant is estimated at 3,000-4,000, the brooch at 1,500-2,500.
An opal and diamond brooch from the collection of Princess Viktoria Luise. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,900
HRH Viktoria Luise of Pruissa (1892-1980) was the only daughter and last child of Wilhelm II. She married Prince Ernst Augustus of Hanover in 1913. As the wife of a prince of the House of Hanover she was Princess of Hanover, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland and Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Viktoria Luise was the maternal grandmother of Queen Sofia of Spain and the former King Constantine II of the Hellenes. The two pieces in the Dublin sale came from an auction of some of her personal effects in Hanover in 1982.