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February 15, 2014

Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden's Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara

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Creation: This tiara was made in the early 1900s.  An extra row of diamonds can be worn along the base of the tiara.
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in storage box
aquamarine kokoshnik tiara sweden crown princess margaret
Crown Princess Margaret
Materials: aquamarines and diamonds
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Princess Sibylla
aquamarine kokoshnik tiara sweden crown princess margaret sibylla
Princess Sibylla
Provenance:
  1. Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden née Princess of Connaught
  2. Princess Sibylla of Sweden née Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; inherited by her husband, Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, from his mother in 1920 and given to her for their 1932 marriage
  3. Princess Margaretha of Sweden; from her mother on the occasion of her 1964 marriage to John Ambler 
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Princess Margaretha
aquamarine kokoshnik tiara sweden crown princess margaret margaretha
Princess Margaretha
Other Wearers:
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Baroness Sibylla
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Princess Christina
Questions:
  • When was this tiara created?
  • Which jeweler created this tiara?
  • Has King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden purchased this tiara from his sister in order to keep it with the royal family?
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Princess Madeleine
aquamarine kokoshnik tiara sweden crown princess margaret madeleine
Princess Madeleine
Links:
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Crown Princess Victoria
aquamarine kokoshnik tiara sweden crown princess margaret victoria
Crown Princess Victoria

1 comment :

  1. Christina said during an interview that her sister still owned the tiara but kept it in her brother's vault in Stockholm so she did not have to travel with it.

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