Josefine
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here is a link of queen wilhelima and a blog post about the diamond Queen of Holland
A Touch of Dutch Sparkle
A Touch of Dutch Sparkle
Queen Wilhelmina's Wedding Gift Parure | The Court Jeweller
I dislike this tiara. I don't like the design.
That is a really interesting article, thanks for the link, Marengo.
So Princess Margriet has worn this tiara without the central plume. Not, a successful look, tbh, it never looks good when the central part of a tiara is 'dented'. But anyways, it's exciting to see this old picture of Margriet wearing it.
I agree it looks far nicer with the central plume and did not know that it had been worn by Princess Margriet previously![]()
I think that were the sons of Willem III. and Sophie of Württemberg not the one of Willem II. and Anna Pavlovna as both of her surviving sons had been married.I recall Anna Pavlovna had jewels she gave to her sons who didn’t have children. One of them gambled, lost money and spent time in the brothels of Paris and a few years ago the emerald necklace was at auction at Sotheby’s or Christie’s. The second son was better at keeping his money and jewels but didn’t have children.
Indeed, and Willem III made sure that the young widow of his brother Hendrik - Marie of Prussia- gave back all the jewels and most other assets before returning to Germany after her 2nd marriage to Albert of Saxe-Altenburg.
Queen Anna left most of her jewels to her daughter Sophie. As the Weimars already had a substantial collection -also due to a Russian marriage- the family ended up with one of the most impressive jewel collections in Germany.
Máxima would probably have them brought outBut I am now less sure if that was not a paste re-make. I can't imagine them having these diamond sunbursts in the vault and not using them for 125 years.
Very fair point!Máxima would probably have them brought out
I think the Festoon might work better as a necklace, perhaps with a collet collier attached, quite like Queen Juliana used it.It seems indeed a waste of some very good diamonds. She and Margriet tried the festoon tiara version of this necklace but that was not a great beauty - and that is an understatement. Perhaps they can indeed alter the necklace or simply use the diamonds for something else. Though I would love to see it on her once, just to see what it looks like in higher definition photos.