Posted by John R on September 21, 2012, 11:10 am, in reply to "Juliana's 10 stars"
I doubt it. You have to count the points of the stars (you will notice the difference) and older photographs tend to be less sharp and the angle of photographs can enhance or educe size considerably. I have never seen six stars in one set. Only two sets of 5 stars, thus Queen Juliana with ten stars. If there was a set of six we would have seen it worn as such don't you think? The set of three remains a mystery.
--Previous Message-- : This is all extremely confusing. If you take a : good look at pictures of Queen Wilhelmina : with the Begeer tiara with stars it seems : that those are NOT the stars of Maxima's : wedding tiara but those from Queen Emma's : Van Kempen tiara. Those on Maxima's tiara : are larger and more flat. The star brooch on : Maxima's sash in Trondheim and Copenhagen is : even larger - and now there seem to be three : of them! Could it be that the six : "large" star brooches given by the : Prince of Wied to Queen Emma in 1879 were : never mounted on the Begeer tiara but only : on Maxima's wedding tiara? Brus mentions : that the six Wied stars originally were : mounted on a simple frame for the stars : only. I have never seen pictures of this : tiara. : Queen Juliana wore 10 diamond stars on her : dress on the second day of Queen Elizabeth's : state visit to the Netherlands in March : 1958. I wonder of HQ pics of these would : help. : : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you for your great post. I think it : must : be possible to create a nice star diadem : with the stars, maybe with a jeweller : creating a pair or three extra identical : ones to get a diadem with 7 star prongs. : : :