Queen Emma of the Netherlands' Diamond Prongs Tiara

Princess Mabel

Princess Mabel

Creation:  This tiara was created by Mellerio in 1888.  It originally contained white and brown diamonds but the brown diamonds were later replaced with white diamonds taken from the Sapphire Parure Tiara.

Materials:  diamonds

Provenance: 

1. Queen Emma of the Netherlands
2. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1934
3. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1934
4. Orange-Nassau Family Collection; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s

   

   Queen Maxima

   
   

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau; most notably at her 2004 wedding to Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau 
• Queen Maxima of the Netherlands;

Questions:

• Was this tiara worn before 2004?

Links:  

• Dutch Royal Jewels - Diamond Prongs Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Wedding Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Princess Mabel's Wedding Tiara
• Erik Schoonhoven - Mellerio: New Findings on Dutch Royal Jewels 
• Mode Koningin Maxima - Met dit diadeem is Máxima absoluut het zonnetje in huis
• All Things Royal - The Sunray Tiara