I have seen it once but it looked in rather a poor state. The wire was coroding a bit and the stars looked very dirty, but the (large) pearls were to die for!
--Previous Message-- : This is the Parure made for Queen Emma by Van : Kempen in 1879: : : : : The parure was broken up to create new : jewels in 1897/8 for Queen Wilhelmina. In : 1897 this famous portrait was made by : Therese Schwartze of Queen Wilhelmina with : the upper part of the tiara and the necklace : attached to her bodice. : : : : --Previous Message-- : What is the Van Kempen tiara? : : Regards! : : --Previous Message-- : The top part of the Van Kempen version of : the : House diamond tiara still exists. That would : only need a diamond base to create a very : impressive star and pearl tiara. Im hoping : they will keep it for Amalia when she turns : 18. : : --Previous Message-- : With all these pearshaped pearls and stars : in : the Orange-Nassau collection, they can : create similar diadems. On royaldutchjewels : (now offline) it was written that there is : still a similar diadem as Princess : Benedikte's in the collection, originally : the top half of an old diadem. : : Beautiful screenshot. : : --Previous Message-- : It is a screenshot from the documentary : : I can't wait for the book to be released : : : : : : : : : : :