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February 19, 2012

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands' Antique Pearl Tiara

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Creation: This tiara was made circa 1900 using four pearls that belonged to Princess Amalia of Orange née Soms-Braunfels and designed to look like one owned by Queen Anna of the Netherlands nee Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna.  It can be worn with or without the pearls.
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Queen Wilhelmina
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Queen Juliana
Materials: diamonds and 7 pear shaped pearls
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Queen Beatrix
antique pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina beatrix
Queen Beatrix
Provenance:
  1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
  2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
  3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundation; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s
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Queen Maxima
antique pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina maxima
Queen Maxima
Other Wearers:
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Princess Margriet
antique pearl tiara netherlands queen wilhelmina princess margriet
Princess Margriet
Questions:
  • Which jeweler created this tiara?
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Princess Viktoria
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Queen Maxima
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2 comments :

  1. I don't know who made it but it certainly is beautiful. My favorites are diamond and pearl tiaras.

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  2. Princess Irene is not called dowager dutchess of Parma, they were divorced long before...
    Just Princess of the Netherlands, princess of Orange Nassau

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