Creation: This tiara can be worn on a frame or split up into three sections and worn in different ways.
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| Maria Melchior |
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| Maria Melchior |
Materials: diamonds set in gold and silver
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| Queen Ingrid |
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| Queen Ingrid |
Provenance:
- Maria Melchior née Hacker
- A. Michelsen; sold to the jeweler by Lauritz Melchior after his wife passed away in 1963
- Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her husband, King Frederik IX of Denmark, in 1964
- Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; from her mother in 1985
- Danish Royal Property Trust
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| Queen Margrethe |
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| Queen Margrethe |
Questions:
- When was this tiara created?
- Which jeweler created this tiara?
- When was this tiara put into the Danish Royal Property Trust?
- Did the tiara originally belong to Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, King Frederik IX's maternal grandmother?
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| Queen Margrethe |
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| Queen Margrethe |
The tiara belong to the Danish Queen Margrethe II - she inherited from her mother Queen Ingrid. Her father, King Frederik IX, purchased it from the Danish-American tenor Lauritz Melchior in 1963. The provenance of the tiara is still a bit mysterious, but it's said to date from around 1850 and was owned by King Frederik's maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.
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