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February 29, 2012

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands' Ears of Wheat Tiara

ears of wheat tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina
Creation: This tiara was made in the 1950s using eight diamond ears of wheat that belonged to Queen Catherine of Württemberg, mother of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands. It can be worn with four, six, or eight ears of wheat.
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Queen Juliana
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Princess Irene
Materials: diamonds set in silver
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Queen Wilhelmina
ears of wheat tiara netherlands princess christina
Princess Christina
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Princess Margriet
Provenance:
  1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; wore the ears of wheat on a silk kokoshnik
  2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
  3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundations; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s
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Princess Laurentien
ears of wheat tiara netherlands princess margarita
Princess Margarita
ears of wheat tiara netherlands princess marilene
Princess Marilene
Other Wearers:
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Princess Annette
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Princess Viktoria
Questions:
  • When were the ears of wheat created?
  • Which jeweler created the ears of wheat?
  • Which jeweler put the ears of wheat onto the tiara?
ears of wheat tiara netherlands princess anita
Princess Anita
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Princess Aimee
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1 comment :

  1. These ears of wheat are said to be Russian. Bolin seems a likely creator, since there is a stylistic resemblance to the Ears of Wheat tiara that belonged to Maria Fyodorovna, wife of Paul I Petrovich and mother of Catharine.

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