PORTUGAL - Lot 34

PORTUGAL Charming pair of earrings, silver mount set with Brazilian stones and smoky quartz, baroque pearl pendant probably added later. In the center, two miniature portraits of Queen Marie I of Portugal and her husband, Infante Pierre III of Portugal. Marks illegible. Gross weight: 14.6 g Size: 3 x 2 cm approx. Work from the second half of the 18th century Historical context: - Marie Ière de Portugal, known as la Pieuse (in Portugal) or la Folle (in Brazil), from her full name in Portuguese, Maria Francisca Isabel Josefa Antónia Gertrudes Rita Joana de Bragança, born December 17, 1734 in Lisbon and died March 20, 1816 in Rio de Janeiro, was Queen of Portugal from February 24, 1777 to March 20, 1816. She was also Queen of Brazil for three months, from 1815 to 1816. - Peter III of Portugal (Portuguese: Pedro III), born July 5, 1717 in Lisbon and died May 25, 1786 in Ajuda, was a Portuguese sovereign. Nicknamed "The Builder", he married his own niece Marie Ière de Portugal on June 6, 1760, and became king through her marriage on February 24, 1777.