Bavarian Crown Jewels
The crown of the Kingdom of Bavaria was made on the occasion of the survey to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806.
Description
The crown is a golden crown strap of 20 cm diameter and 25 cm height. The Kronreif bears on the top and bottom beads. In the hoop are alternating square diamonds, rubies and gold diamantgerahmte combined emeralds. About the hoop sits a spirally ornamented strip which encloses different sized diamonds. From accrue eight large and eight smaller prongs. The small teeth are made of heart-shaped diamonds that are framed by smaller diamonds. The large tines have the shape of a Akanthusblatts, sits on the center a large diamantgerahmter emerald. For these prongs, the eight clips rise scrolled on, models slightly to the apex, and then rise again volutenhaft up collar and out easily. They thus form a basis for the large globe. The clasps are narrow and decorated in the center with continuous rows of acanthus leaves. On it are five diamantgerahmte precious stones, alternating rubies and emeralds. The globe wearing a cross of diamonds and its surface is wetted diamond shaped. On this ornament sitting little diamonds. A golden band along the equator and on the upper half of the globe contains diamonds and rubies.
History
The crown was made in Paris by Martin -Guillaume Biennais 1806, after Bavaria had become at the beginning of Kingdom. The crown was not worn, but placed at the enthronement of the Bavarian kings and royal funerals on the catafalque. It is now in the Treasury of the Munich Residence.
On the front side of the globe, a large blue diamond was originally used. This " Wittelsbach Diamond " nature blue and 35.56 ct. heavy, according to the Hope diamond one of the world's most famous stones of this kind and graced the crown until 1918., the House of Wittelsbach in 1931 tried to sell this stone. Since 1964, the stone was privately owned and on 10 December 2008 he was in London auctioned again for 16.4 million pounds ( equivalent to about 18.7 million euros ) to the London jeweler Graff. This made him regrind and put it renamed in January 2010 Wittelsbach - Graff ago.