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    Don't you mean the Rosenborg Kokoshnik? Archived Message

    Posted by Barbara D. on June 29, 2013, 2:16 am, in reply to "Re: Torby Ruby tiara"


    http://tiarasandtrianon.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/8349414_fullsize.jpg?w=584&h=331

    This tiara went to auction in June 2012, but wasn't sold.

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    : Auction 14 june 2012, but unsold ...
    :
    : An important diamond kokoshnik style tiara
    : and diamond rivière,
    : tot. app 40 cts. Dragsted, Copenhagen
    : 1930's.
    :
    :
    : Lot : 1081.
    :
    : An important diamond kokoshnik style tiara
    : and diamond rivière, tot. app 40 cts.
    : Dragsted, Copenhagen 1930's.
    :
    : Platina and 18k gold, set with drop cut
    : garnets and old cut diamonds, tot. app. 15
    : cts. The upper diamond part, consisting of
    : 83 antique cut diamonds, tot app. 25 cts,
    : the large center stone app 1.60 cts, easily
    : converts into a fabolous diamond rivière,
    : from c. 1900 L. 45 cm. Height of the tiara 7
    : cm, width 28 cm. Box.
    :
    : Auction: 12 June 2012, lot 1081
    : Estimate: SEK 1 400 000 - 1 600 000 /
    : € 149 300 - 170 600
    :
    : Provenance
    : The Danish Prins Viggo (1893-1970), count of
    : Rosenborg and som to Prins Valdemar,
    : ordered, according to information, the
    : diamond tiara in the beginning of the 1930's
    : from 'Jeweller of the Court' Dragsted, to
    : his wife, Princess Viggo (1895-1966),
    : Eleanor Green, countess of Rosenborg. It has
    : been thought that the red stones are rubies
    : and the tiara has therefor in litterature
    : been described as the 'ruby kokosnik'. The
    : red stones are in fact garnets. Jeweller
    : Dragsted is said to have made several
    : designs before creating the kokosnik but the
    : style was clearly intended to be 'Russian'.
    :
    : 
As the couple didn't have any
    : childred the diamond kokoshnik was inherited
    : to Prinsess Margaretha(1899-1977), a Swedish
    : Princess turning Danish Princess by
    : marriage, further to Count Flemming Valdemar
    : of Rosenborg, former Danish and Icelandic
    : Prince (1922-2002) and further on to present
    : days owner.
    :
    : Literature
    : Juvelerne i det danske kongehus, Bjarne
    : Steen Jensen, Nyt Nordisk Forlag 2002, page
    : 132-133.
    :
    :
    : http://www.bukowskis.com/auctions/568/1081-diadem-diamantriviere-antikslipade-diamanter-tot-ca-40-ct-granater-och-orientaliska-parlor-dragsted-kopenhamn-1930?locale=en
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    : pic HD

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