The Dutch Diamond Bandeau consists of diamonds that were originally part of a necklace. This necklace was given to Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879 for her wedding to King William III of the Netherlands. It was her daughter Wilhelmina who had the necklace turned into a bandeau tiara in 1937. After her death, [read more]
The Dutch Star Tiara was worn by Máxima Zorreguieta as she married the future King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002. Embed from Getty Images She put together two separate pieces to create a new tiara. The base of the tiara came from the Pearl Button Tiara, and five diamond stars, which belonged to Queen [read more]
Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara was made for Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont and gifted by her husband, King William III of the Netherlands to her in 1890. However, it arrived shortly after his death. It was made by Royal Begeer and features a trio of harp designs with diamond rosette-style clusters made from silver and [read more]
The Poltimore Tiara was made for Florence Bampfylde, Lady Poltimore, by the jeweller Garrard around 1870. The tiara could be worn traditionally but could also be broken down into a necklace or even into brooches. Lady Poltimore wore the tiara to the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary in 1911. It was her [read more]
Queen Mary’s Stomacher is “formed as three linked articulated brooches of tapering and delicately scrolled outline, the stones in cut-down pavé and millegrain settings, each brooch suspending three pear-shaped pendants, formed of brilliant clusters, and two brilliant pendants, the smallest brooch with a fourth pear-shaped pendant.” The stomacher was made for Queen Mary in 1920 [read more]
The Cullinan VI and VIII Brooch consists of a “marquise pendant (Cullinan VI), suspended from an emerald-cut stone (Cullinan VIII), set on a fine radiating platinum web in symmetrically scrolling and foliate millegrain and pavé-set brilliant border.” Embed from Getty Images The Cullinan VI diamond was purchased in 1908 from the diamond cutter Asscher by [read more]
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