Posted by Cristina on September 1, 2013, 3:18 pm, in reply to "Spanish splendour"
Thank you Jan, Queen Ena did had the most wonderful jewelry collection.
I think Ena was one of the most regal Queens, and she had a true love for fine jewelry. Many years ago I read on Hola magazine some remarks from Queen Ena's interviews. She stated that her husband had been unfaithfull to her from the very day of her wedding, and like many others he would give her a lot of jewelry gifts as a sort of compensation.... Ena loved her jewels so much that when sometimes she was taken hill and retired to her bed, she would ask for her jewels casket to admire them and hold them in her hands, specially her large diamond riviéres.
The Queen also talked about her (huge) aquamarines (recently worn in a fabulous way by her greatgrandaughter Pss Sybilla of Luxembourg). She said she saw her cousin Empress Alexandra of Russia wearing her wonderful set of aquamarines and loved these stones very much. She was afraid to ask her husband King Alfonso for such a gift because she tought they were very expensive gems, since the Romanovs were so wealthy and only wore the finest stones. Her husband laughed and gave her the aquamarines sometime later. I must say I liked the first setting of the aquamarines better than the second one. It had to be reseted because the first setting was too frail to hold the huge aquamarines, because it was firstly made to hold pearls (the initial pearls tiara was a much beautiful and romantic piece imo).
I will have to confirm my archives, but I think the tiara you mention last as "Pearl tiara" was in fact a turquoise tiara.
--Previous Message-- : Just adding a new postcard to my collection of : Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. Thought it : would be nice to make a survey of her : jewelry. : I am not pretending to be complete so I hope : for some nice surprises in this thread. : : The Melerio Shell tiara : : : Emerald demi parure : : : Ansorena Fleur de Lis tiara : : : Aquamarine tiara : : : The same but with pearls : : : Chaumet tiara : : : Cartier tiara : : : Stawberryleaf tiara (borrowed from her : mother) : : : Second Cartier Tiara : : : Unkown tiara : : : Pearl tiara : : : A pair of hairpins : : : : : :
on September 1, 2013, 3:18 pm, in reply to "
. Ena loved her jewels so much that when sometimes she was taken hill and retired to her bed, she would ask for her jewels casket to admire them and hold them in her hands, specially her large diamond riviéres.