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February 19, 2012

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands' Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara

württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina
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
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina
Queen Wilhelmina
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina
Queen Wilhelmina
Provenance:
  1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
  2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
  3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundation; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s
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Queen Juliana
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina beatrix
Queen Beatrix
Other Wearers:
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina beatrix
Queen Beatrix
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina 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?
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina maxima
Queen Maxima
württemberg ornate pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina maxima
Queen Maxima
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