Only the upper parts (sunbursts and elelements with upright pearls) are believed to have survived the last century but for some reason they have been kept in the vaults. If there's any chance we will see it again it will be on either Princes Margriet or Princess Maxima who both have retrieved old pieces from obliviance. The sunbursts alone would make splendid brooches I believe...
--Previous Message-- : I hope she'll not wear the Van Kempen tiara, : but leave it for her oldest daughter. It : would make a good tiara for the heiress to : the throne, maybe like the floral tiara has : always been for Beatrix. : : --Previous Message-- : Oh dear...is the engagement gift headgear : wearable at all??? And there are two of : those "modern design : head...things" if I am correct... both : unwearable. : : Apart the grander tiaras, reserved to HM, : she had many chances to wear the : Ears-of-Wheat and the Laurel Leaf but it : seems she really does'nt favour these : pieces. Perhaps Pss Máxima does not like : vegetable motifs tiaras. : As to the Van Kempen, it would be really : fabulous if she could get it out of the : vaults and worn again! If Queen Willermina's : diamond haircomb has seen the light of day : again after 100 years why not the Van : Kempen? : : I'm keeping my fingers crossed, I'm positive : we'll get to see it some day . : : : --Previous Message-- : Still to go: : - the engagement gift headgear : - the top part of the Van Kempen Diadem : - the Ears-of-Wheat Diadem : - the Laurel Leaf Diadem : - the Württemberg Diadem : - the Diadem from the Mellerio Sapphire : Parure : - the Diadem from the Stuart Parure : : plus so many more colliers, corsages, : brooches, etc. the Princess has not worn : yet. Still I am hoping on a new addition to : complete the sets with the turquoises, the : orange citrines, the amethysts and hopefully : some montures here or there forgotten. : : : : : :
on January 24, 2013, 7:22 pm, in reply to "