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March 3, 2012

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium's Diamond Scroll Tiara

diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium
Creation: This tiara was made by Cartier in 1910.
 
Materials: diamonds set in platinum
diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium
Queen Elisabeth
diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium
Queen Elisabeth
Provenance:
  1. Queen Elisabeth of Belgium née Duchess of Bavaria; in 1912
  2. King Leopold III of Belgium; inherited from his mother in 1965
  3. Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Rethy, née Baels; inherited from her husband in 1983
  4. Cartier Collection; bought from Princess Lilian in 1987
diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium
Queen Elisabeth
diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium nissa marion
Nissa Marion
diamond scroll bandeau tiara cartier queen elisabeth belgium princess lilian rethy
Princess Lilian
 Other Wearers:
  • Nissa Marion
 
Links:
Photos: Cartier

3 comments :

  1. This is such a fabulous website/blog. Why isn't there more followers?? OsS, are you associated with this?? It seems to be similar to what you do for us....giving us this mind-boggling info about jewels, etc.

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  2. Found a photo of 'Princess' Lilian of Rethy wearing just this tiara in the Alexander Palace Time Machine website, which is a forum on Romanov and Russian royalty. Nice photo, thought you might what to add to your collection.

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  3. Thank you for sharing your passion, I have enjoyed seeing all these jewels.

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