Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia's Emerald Kokoshnik

Creation:  This tiara was made by Bolin using emeralds that belonged to Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.  The emeralds could be removed and worn as other pieces of jewellery.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Materials: diamonds and seven cabochon emeralds set in gold and silver

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Grand Duchess Maria

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna; from her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, on the occasion of their 1884 marriage
2. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna; from her aunt on the occasion of her 1908 marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
3. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia; bought from Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
4. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; from her husband, King Alexander of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of their 1922 marriage
5. King Peter II of Yugoslavia; from his mother
6. Van Cleef & Arpels; bought in 1949, removed the emeralds and replaced with paste stones

Queen Maria

Queen Maria

Other Wearers:

• Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia
• Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia; loaned from Van Cleef & Arpels without the original emeralds

Princess Elizabeth

Questions:

• Who currently owns the emeralds?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Emerald Kokoshnik
• The Court Jeweller - Yugoslavian Emerald Kokoshnik 
• The Royal Watcher - Yugoslavian Emerald Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Yugoslavian Emeralds
• Jenni Wiltz - Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna's Emerald Tiara

Photos:  Van Cleef & Arpels