Queen Désirée of Sweden's Malachite Parure Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Simon Petiteau in the 1820s or 30s.

Materials: malachite cameos set in multiple shades of gold

Provenance: 

1. Queen Désirée of Sweden née Clary
2. Queen Joséphine of Sweden née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1860
3. Queen Sophia of Sweden née Princess of Nassau; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1876
4. Nordic Museum; donated to the museum after Queen Sophia passed away in 1913

Questions: 

• When was this tiara created?

Links: 

• The Nordic Museum - Malachite Jewelry Set
• Trond Norén Isaksen - Queen Desideria’s Malachite Parure
• The Court Jeweller - The Swedish Malachite Parure
• Artemisia's Royal Jewels - Queen Desideria’s Malachite Parure

Photos: Nordic Museum

Queen Désirée of Sweden's Lava Parure Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in the early 1800s.

 

Materials: lava cameos set in gold

Princess Anne

Countess Désirée

Countess Ruth

Provenance: 

1. Queen Désirée of Sweden née Clary
2. Queen Sophia of Sweden née Princess of Nassau; from her grandmother-in-law 
3. Princess Ingeborg of Sweden née Princess of Denmark; from her mother-in-law
4. Princess Margaretha of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her mother
5. Countess Désirée of Rosenborg; from her grandmother on the occasion of her 18th birthday in 1973

Other Wearers: 

• Princess Anne of Denmark née Bowes-Lyon
• Countess Ruth of Rosenborg née Nielson

 

Questions: 

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweler created this tiara? 
• Was the line of inheritance Queen Désirée > Queen Josephine of Sweden > Queen Louise of Denmark > Princess Ingeborg?
  

Photos: Juvelerne I Det Danske Kongehus

Empress Josephine of France's Cameo Tiara

Creation: The tiara was created by Marie-Etienne Nitot in 1809. 

Materials: pearls and seven cameos set in gold

Queen Hortense

Queen Josephine

Queen Josephine

Provenance:

1. Empress Joséphine of France née Tascher de la Pagerie and later de Beauharnais; from her husband, Emperor Napoleon
2. Prince Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg; inherited from his mother in 1814
3. Queen Joséphine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; from her father on the occasion of her 1823 marriage to King Oscar I of Sweden & Norway
4. Princess Eugénie of Sweden; inherited from her mother in 1876
5. Prince Eugen of Sweden, Duke of Närke; inherited from his aunt in 1889
6. Princess Sibylla of Sweden, Duchess of Västerbotten née Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; from her husband's great-uncle on the occasion of her 1932 marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf
7. Queen Silvia of Sweden nee Sommerlath; inherited by her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, from his mother in 1972 and given to her after their 1976 marriage

Crown Princess Margaret

Princess Sibylla

Queen Ingrid

Other Wearers:

• Queen Hortense of Holland née de Beauharnais; borrowed from her mother Empress Josephine
• Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden née Princess of Connaught; often borrowed from her husband's uncle, Prince Eugen
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; borrowed in 1933 from her sister-in-law, Princess Sibylla of Sweden, for a charity costume ball where she was dressed as Queen Josephine of Sweden
• Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern; at her 1961 wedding to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
• Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld; at her 1964 wedding to Baron Nils August Silfverschiöld
• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; at her 2010 wedding to Daniel Westling

Princess Birgitta

Queen Silvia

Princess Desiree

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Cameo Tiara
• Trond Norén Isaksen - An Interesting Article On The Cameo Diadem
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cameo Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Cameo Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Cameo Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Swedish Cameo Parure
• Tesouras & Tiaras - Emperess Josephine's Cameo Parure
• Lilibet's Handbag - The Cameo Tiara
• The Practical Gemologist - The Swedish Cameo Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Cameo Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Cameo Tiara

Queen Silvia

Crown Princess Victoria