ANSORENA

Ansorena begins its story in 1845, when Celestino Ansorena decides to open his jewellers workshop in Madrid. Very soon, he is consecrated as one of the most important jewellers of the age and in 1860 is named Jeweller and diamond merchant to the Royal Household. The relationship with the Royal Household becomes closer still with Queen Victoria Eugenia; King Alfonso XIII gave her a gift of a diamond necklace and a high diamond tiara with dynastic fleurs de lis which the English princess would wear on her wedding day, and which we have seen our current Queen wear on numerous occasions. These jewels can be seen in different portraits that were taken of Victoria Eugenia by painters such as Joaquin Sorolla, Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor or Philip De Laszlo. It is the year 1974 when Ansorena holds its first Auction; D. Alfonso Mato had a clear vision for transforming his wife, Paloma Ansorenas, family jewellery business and founding a company of complementary activities as Jewellers and...