Queen Elena of Italy's Emerald Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Musy in 1896 using jewelry that belonged to Queen Margherita.  It could be worn with diamonds replacing the emeralds or without the top section entirely.

Materials: emeralds and diamonds

Queen Elena

Queen Elena

Provenance: 

1. Queen Elena of Italy née Princess of Montenegro; from her husband, King Victor Emmanuel, on the occasion of their 1896 marriage

with diamonds instead of emeralds

only the bottom portion

 

 

 

 

 

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Natalija of Montenegro née Konstantinović

Questions: 

• Does this tiara still exist intact?
• Who currently owns this tiara?
• Was the tiara been altered before it was worn by Princess Natalija (the emeralds look smaller and are placed on top of the scroll element instead of in it) or is she wearing an entirely different tiara?

Princess Natalija

Princess Natalija

Links: 

• Artemisia's Royal Jewels - Elena of Montenegro's Emerald Tiara
  

Photos: Jewellery of the House of Savoy