Being a Royal is great while it lasts. In Egypt no expense was spared when it came to fancy bling. The amount of gems, gold and other precious metal on display is simply amazing. There were diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, aquamarine, lapis lazuli all set in gold, silver and platinum. Of course pearls, coral and enamel accented many of the pieces.
Here we are
It is a large mansion, a royal get away house
Behind this unpretentious gate...
Are magnificent works of art
Arabic script
Monogrammed
A deco cigarette case
Expandable change purses with cold coins
A bluebird pops up out of this music box
For notes...
Slightly tarnished silver Butterflies
Crowns
So many different materials
A fancy badge
When badges were a big thing
This was a brooch that we saw on a portrait of Queen Farida seen below
All smiles and jewels getting married to King Farouk in 1938. But she only gave birth to daughters so they divorced in 1948. This proved unpopular in Egypt and the King got publicly hissed at during his appearance at the cinema. Even worse he refused to support the third daughter.
An extreme tiara
Floral magnificence
Princess Fatma
These earrings will make your earlobes elongate
A tea set that has a post to support the cups, maybe it was for traveling
A tool for all the bodily needs of a king. Grooming the mustache , scooping out the ear wax and removing stray bits from the teeth
The hilt of a dagger
From the days where all pearls were real
Different colored gold and one big blue stone to the left. We can only imagine that stone was in the brooch to the right
So many fancy watches
An award for winning an international tourism competition
Here's to the girls with the big old hoops
In the center is a charm bracelet and on the outside are jewel encrusted, rubies, emeralds, garnets and amethyst
So sparkly
Royal candy dishes, yummy
This bracelet has been all around
One fine snake
After another
A scarab watch ring
Huge aqua marine
A deco sailboat
Sapphire ring and a monogrammed enamel box
A bit pointy but still beautiful
The tea services had cups that were separate from the bases, these are diamond encrusted
So very fancy
The enamel cups are seen upside down
What time is it?
It is fancy time
My favorite with a huge watch fob
A travel case for the King's correspondence
An ivory elephant
Also encrusted with jewels
A pipe
This chess set was sooo detailed. The rook was a camel, the bishop was a mule. the knight was an elephant
On the bases on the white pieces were portraits
On the bases of the black pieces were places around the world
Each one was bejeweled and shiny with enamel
This is a royal mystery, perhaps the king's olive cocktail sword?
Spades are trump this hand
A tiny silver cat on top of a box
