Queen Juliana of the Netherlands' Pearl Button Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in 1965 using five pearl and diamond buttons that belonged to Queen Sophie of the Netherlands. The base of the tiara was made to resemble Queen Sophie's Strawberry Leaf Tiara and can also be used as the base of Queen Maxima's Star Tiara.

Materials: pearls and diamonds

Queen Juliana

Queen Maxima

Provenance:

• Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
• Orange-Nassau Family Foundation; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s

Princess Armgard

Princess Mabel

Princess Simone

Other Wearers:

• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; most notably at her investiture as queen in 1980
• Queen Máxima of the Netherlands née Zorreguieta Cerruti
• Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau née Wisse Smit
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands; most notably at her 1967 wedding to Pieter van Vollenhoven
• Princess Armgard of Lippe-Biesterfeld née Baroness of Sierstorpff-Cramm; at a pre-wedding gala of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus in 1966
• Princess Simone of Lippe-Biesterfeld née Arnoux

Queen Beatrix

Queen Beatrix

Questions:

• Which jeweler created this tiara?
• Which jeweler created the pearl buttons?
• When were the pearl buttons created?

Princess Margriet

Princess Margriet

Links:

• Dutch Royal Jewels - Pearl Button Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - The Pearl Button Tiara
• Artemisia's Royal Jewels - The Pearl Button Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - The Pearl Button Tiara
• Mode Koningin Maxima - Oranjejuwelen: Het parelknoopdiadeem
• Lilibet's Handbag - The Dutch Pearl Button
• All Things Royal - The Pearl Button Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Daisy Button Tiara
• Tiaras & Crowns - The Pearl Button Tiara