Posted by Jan-Deventer on September 1, 2013, 5:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Spanish splendour"
Thank you both for your comment. In the Spanish Jewelry book, by Fernando Rayon and Jose Luis Sampedro, page 117, there is a picture of Q Victoria Eugenie wearing this tiara and the subsciptions says that it are pearls. Could it be that it could be worn both ways with pearls or with turqoises?
--Previous Message-- : 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, 5:05 pm, in reply to "