Re: The Nassut tiara - Flowers from Greenland Archived Message
Posted by Maridje on May 4, 2013, 2:25 am, in reply to "Re: The Nassut tiara - Flowers from Greenland"
It'a a hair comb, but the set can be divided in 5 brooch. http://www.bt.dk/royale/dronningen-fik-groenlandsk-guldgave traduction google Greenland have given the Queen a diadem on the occasion of her 40th royal jubilee. Although gold is Greenlandic. The Queen was a jewelry richer today: Greenland Home Rule Government has gifted monarch with a tiara on the occasion of her 40th anniversary as ruler. The gift was presented at a ceremony at Amalienborg pm. 12 of the President of the Greenland Parliament, Josef Motzfeldt. It was actually Premier Kleist, who should have been responsible for the ceremony. But he is concerned about a European Commissioner visits. - Kleist regrets that he can not be present. He has been there from the beginning and followed the process, writes self-directed. Melted coins and rubies Queen's new tiara weighs about a quarter pounds and consists of melted gold coins and diamonds and rubies, all of Greenlandic origin. Nicolai Appel is the jeweler and the man behind the 300,000 animal work. He likes, materials have a background. - Plain gold may seem a bit like chipboard. You do not know what the plate is made up of. The gold for this tiara has its own history, says Nicolai Appel to b.dk. - It comes from the mine in Kirkespirdalen in South Greenland. Man struck coins of it in connection with the International Polar Year, which went from 1 March 2007 for the first March 2009. The subject was a small polar bear, says Appel. Can be divided into five brooches - Some of the coins have been stored in the vaults. I had such a nice dialogue with the National Bank. They thought it was a good idea to use some of them to the Queen's necklace. When you now have gold from Greenland mines, why not use it?, Says Nicolai Appel. The piece can also be divided into five brooches. The motifs are imprints of Greenland flowers and other plants. It all comes in a box, designed by Ina Rosing in collaboration with cabinetmaker Rasmus Fenhann. The gift is sponsored by the Greenland Government and the Home and five companies connected to the Greenlandic economy. http://kongehuset.dk/Menu/foto--video/dronningen-modtager-diadem-af-gronlandsk-guld
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