Queen Maud of Norway's Vifte Tiara

Queen Sonja

Crown Princess Mette Marit

Creation: This tiara was made circa 1896 and can be worn as a necklace.

 

Materials: diamonds set in silver and gold

Provenance:

1. Queen Maud of Norway née Princess of the United Kingdom; from Alfred, Leopold, and Marie Rothschild on the occasion of her 1896 marriage to King Haakon VII of Norway
2. Crown Princess Märtha of Norway née Princess of Sweden; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1938 but Queen Maud died while in the United Kingdom and the tiara was put into storage in Windsor Castle and was not retrieved until 1953
3. Queen Sonja of Norway née Haraldson; inherited by her husband, King Harald, from his mother in 1954 and given to her after their 1968 marriage

Queen Maud

Crown Princess Mette Marit

Other Wearers:

• Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway née Tjessem Høiby
  

 

Questions:

• Did Boucheron or another jeweler create this tiara?

Queen Maud

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Vifte Tiara 
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - Queen Maud of Norway's Vifte Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Maud's Vifte Tiara
  
• Royal Magazin - Queen Maud's Wedding Gifts
• All Things Royal - The Vifte Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Tiara de Abanico
• The Royal Watcher - Vifte Tiara