Creation: This tiara was made in 1897 by Van Kempen & Begeer using pearls from the Orange-Nassau collection. It can be worn in four different settings; with two rows of pear shaped pearls, none of the pear shaped pearls, just the top row of pearls, or just the bottom row of pearls.
Materials: diamonds and pearls
Queen Wilhelmina |
Queen Wilhelmina |
Provenance:
- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
- Orange-Nassau Family Foundation; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s
Queen Juliana |
Queen Beatrix |
Other Wearers:
- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; most notably at her 1966 wedding to Claus von Amsberg
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands née Zorreguieta Cerruti
Queen Beatrix |
Queen Beatrix |
Questions:
- Is this tiara actually a reworked version of a diamond and pearl tiara made by A.H. Kuhn in 1839 that first belonged to Queen Sophie of the Netherlands née Princess of Württemberg?
Queen Maxima |
Queen Maxima |
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