Creation: Queen Silvia had the necklace from the parure mounted
on a tiara frame and the bracelets turned into a necklace. The pieces
can still be worn in their original form.
Materials: amethysts set in gold and diamonds set in silver
Provenance:
- Empress Joséphine of France née Beauharnais
- Duchess Augusta Amalia of Leuchtenberg née Princess of Bavaria; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1806 marriage to Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg
- Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; from her mother on the occasion of her 1823 marriage to King Oscar I of Sweden
- Queen Sophia of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Nassau; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1876
- Queen Victoria of Sweden née Princess of Baden; inherited from her mother-in-law 1913
- Bernadotte Family Foundation; left by Queen Victoria in 1930
Other Wearers:
- Queen Louise of Sweden née Lady Louise Mountbatten; as a necklace
- Queen Silvia of Sweden née Sommerlath
- Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden
- Princess Sofia of Sweden née Hellqvist
- Princess Margaretha of Sweden
- Princess Désirée of Sweden
- Princess Christina of Sweden; as a necklace
Princess Margaretha |
Questions:
- When was this tiara created?
- Which jeweler created this tiara?
Queen Louise |
Princess Christina |
Princess Margaretha |
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Photos: De Kongelige juveler
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