Many thanks Cristina, it is a marvellous story , so this tiara might be made of Brazilian emeralds, isn't it ?
--Previous Message-- : Just found a bigger picture I would like to : share : : : http://www.pbase.com/diasdosreis/image/140394105/original : : I really am convinced that Queen Maria II of : Portugal's tiara went to the Hohenzollerns : via the marriage between her daughter : Ant�nia and Prince Leopold of : Hohenzollern-Siegmarigen, and it was the : same tiara worn by Pss Brigitta at the : danish wedding about 120 years after it was : portraited on the queen. Fantastic! : The shape and number, seven, of the spikes : in the tiara on the Queen's portrait matches : perfectly what is seen in the pictures. : Just wonderful being able to confirm this, I : sincerely hope that this glitering piece of : history still remains in the family. : : The portrait is in the Ajuda National Palace : in Lisbon, and not at the Necessidades : Palace as I posted previously. : : : :