Re: Queen Alexandra's tiara from her wedding parure (Rundell tiara) Archived Message
Posted by Dawn  on November 5, 2013, 10:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Queen Alexandra's tiara from her wedding parure (Rundell tiara)"
Queen Alexandra's wedding tiara was not made in gold and silver as proven by one part of the list of wedding presents given to then H.R.H. the Princess Alexandra of Denmark on her marriage to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
Source: Library of Congress.
From "Daily Ohio Statesman" (Columbus, Ohio) dated April 12, 1863.
(Direct quotes)
Her Majesty Queen Victoria's gift:
A parure of very large and fine opals and brilliants, consisting of three circular brooches, pair earrings, cross and bracelets--from designs created by the Prince Consort (Prince Albert).
H.M. Queen Victoria's gift:
The Victoria and Albert badge---form of a fine Oriental onyx, with portraits of Victoria and Albert encircled by a border of fine brilliants and surmounted by a crown of diamonds with a carved ruby cap.
H.M. Queen Victoria's gift:
A suit of Indian ornaments of pearls, emeralds and diamonds, consisting of a corsage, a pair of bracelets, and an armlet, six Indian shawls, one gold tissue shawl, several pieces of satin and velvet unmade.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales' gift:
A fine pearl and diamond necklace, formed of 8 circular clusters of brilliants, with a large pearl in the center of each, and connected by festoons of diamonds; from each of the 3 principal clusters is suspended a fine pair shaped pearl; a brooch of oblong form, with 3 very fine pearls set with large brilliants, and 3 large and fine pearls pendant; a pair of earrings to match.
A DIADEM OF FINE BRILLIANTS; THE CIRCLET IS FORMED OF 2 ROWS, WITH 10 LARGE BRILLIANTS, EQUI-DISTANT; IT IS SURMOUNTED BY SCROLL ORNAMENTS, HAVING IN THE CENTER OF EACH A LARGE DROP-SHAPED BRILLIANT; THESE ARE CONNECTED BY GREEK DEVICES, ALSO IN BRILLIANTS. THE VARIOUS PIECES ARE MADE TO FORM SEPARATE ORNAMENTS (AT??) PLEASURE.
A waist clasp formed of 2 large turquoises, inlaid with Arabic characters and mounted in gold in Oriental style; a very handsome Corbeille de Noces, some of the articles in which were made by the ladies at Windsor.
Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia (The Crown Princess being Victoria, Princess Royal)'s gift:
Portraits (three quarter size) of Victoria and her husband, the Crown Prince of Prussia.
Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Prussia (Victoria, Princess Royal)'s gift
A round gold locket, with raised letters "Victoria" from a design created by the Princess Royal.
Their Serene Highnesses The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse (Louis and Alice)'s gift
A bracelet of turquoises and brilliants, with the cypher "L.A." in diamonds on crystal.
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince Alfred, The Princess Helena, The Prince Arthur, The Prince Leopold and The Princess Beatrice's gift:
An oval brilliant pendant, having in the center 5 sapphires in the form of a cross and a fine pearl suspended.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge's gift
A flower pattern brilliant brooch, with emeralds forming the centers of the flowers and buds.
Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge's gift
A handsome bracelet, the clasp of which is of enamel and diamonds.
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge's gift
A broad wove gold band bracelet, with blue enamel and diamond center and plume.
Her Highness the Princess Hohenlohe's gift:
A beautiful painted fan mount, representing an outdoor skating (area), a ballrooom, and a concert; a similar mount, representing a group in the costumes of Louis XV's period.
His Majesty The King of the Belgians' gift
A dress of beautiful and costly Brussels lace, with scarf and handkerchief to match.
His Majesty The King of Denmark's gift
A necklace of pearls and diamonds in 5 divisions with festoons of pearls connecting ornaments of gold, with a large brilliant in the center of each. The center of the necklace is formed of scroll-work in diamonds, with one round and two large pearls, and responded to two very large pearls, fascimile of the cross of Dagmar, tastefully executed in enamel, ornamented with pearls and diamonds. The style of the necklace is Byzantine.
Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg's gift
A gold bracelet and locket pendant, with diamonds in their center.
Their Majesties The King and Queen of Prussia's gift
A large vase of china, the middle of which contains the portrait of the King. The base, top and handles (are) all richly gilt.
His Highness The Landgrave William of Hesse and His Sisters' gift
An antique gold parure, diadem, necklace, bracelet, brooch and earrings. (What diadem??? )
H.R.H. The Duchess of Glucksburg's gift
An old enameled watch with diamond borders, front and back.
The Maharajah Duleep Singh's gift
A bouquet holder of carved crystal, with pearls and corals introduced. On a stem is a band of emeralds and diamonds, and a jeweled coronet. The foot is formed of a ball of crystal, with rubies and diamonds, By turning the ball, the foot springs open into 4 supports, in each of which is a plume and a sycher (sp?). Attached to a holder is a chain of gold and pearls, and a hoop ring of 8 pearls.
The gift of the ladies and gentlemen of Queen Victoria's household
A richly chased silver-gilt toliet service in the Queen Anne style. There are various items. One toliet glass---the principal object of the service---has a frame, at the top of which is the cypher and Danish coronet of H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra, surmounted by two winged figures bearing the Prince of Wales plume, which they were about to place upon the cypher of Princess Alexandra. At the foot of the glass are the full arms, supporters and crown of The Princess of Wales.
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--Previous Message--
: The so-called Rundell Diadem, which was in
: fact by Garrards, has been inherited by
: Princess Victoria who sold it. I´m at work
: now, but I guess it´s mentioned in "The
: Queen´s jewels" and there are
: informations about it at Ursulas´ great
: webpage.
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: http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-alexandra/alexandra-rundell-tiara.htm
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: It would not be the first time a european
: jewel had been copied in the east. Who is
: the Lady?
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: Although the similarity is striking on the
: first look I would be very surprised if the
: Wedding Tiara of Princess, later Queen
: Alexandra, had been made of gold and silver
: in this way. Usually the stones were set in
: silver and an mounted in gold. But one
: element in gold and one in silver? It looks
: indeed like a copy adapted to the eastern
: taste. Besides the different base the greek
: elements of the original wedding tiara seems
: to be wider in range.
: If that would have been the original wedding
: tiara of QA, I could understand why Princess
: Victoria sold it.
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: But the band could have been altered, by
: Princess Victoria or by one of the other
: owners...
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: --Previous Message--
: The tiara no doubt was inspired by Queen
: Alexandras but it certainly is not it.
: The band is vastly inferior to the Queens in
: size of stone and workmanship.
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: --Previous Message--
: Could this tiara be Queen Alexandra's tiara
: from her wedding gift parure (frequently
: known as the Rundell tiara)?
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: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=278185&d=1311276233
: It's very similar to Queen Alexandra's
: tiara, I can see only some differences in
: the base (which could have been altered).
: There's both yellow and white gold, but I
: think we don't know the exact color of the
: queen's tiara since photographs at that time
: where only black and white.
: Now we know that Princess Victoria inherited
: the tiara, so she could have sold it.
: Sorry if that question was already posted.
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