Queen Elisabeth of Greece's Emerald Parure Tiara

Queen Anne Marie

Queen Anne Marie

Creation:  This tiara started with Queen Elisabeth of the Hellenes using one of Queen Olga's emeralds to create a bandeau.  Next she had two more emeralds added and finally she had five of the emeralds placed in a kokoshnik style tiara with diamond "E"s surrounding the emeralds.  Queen Frederika had the top diamond border removed and had the tiara adapted so that it could be worn as a necklace

Materials:  diamonds and five cabochon emeralds

Queen Elisabeth

Queen Elisabeth

Queen Elisabeth

Provenance:  

1. Queen Elisabeth of the Hellenes
2. Queen Frederika of the Hellenes; after her husband, King Paul, succeeded the throne in 1947
3. Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes; after her 1964 marriage to King Constantine II

Queen Frederika

Queen Frederika

Questions: 

• When was this tiara created?
• What jeweler created this tiara?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Emerald Parure Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Queen Olga's Emeralds 
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Olga's Emeralds 
• The Beau Monde - The Greek Emerald Parure
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Greek Emerald Kokoshnik
• The Royal Watcher - Greek Emerald Parure
• The Royal Post - The Greek Emerald Parure Tiara
• Lilibet's Handbag - The Greek Emeralds
• All Things Royal - The Greek Emerald Parure
• Mis Joyas Reales - Greek Emerald Tiara