Thanks for introducing me to this beautiful brooch. And the latest wearing of it is très chic.
--Previous Message-- : Very interesting, Erik. Is this information : based on the style of the brooch? : : I always have doubted that the brooch was : made for Princess Amalia since René Brus : states that Amalia wore Queen Anna's parure : while it only later was altered for Prince : Hendrik's second wife Marie. Yet the drawing : of Marie's parure which Brus adds (although : with incorrect caption, I guess) shows a : parure completely different from the : Orange-Nassau jewels. (Brus, pp. 74-78). : Hendrik died one year later. So the sapphire : jewels as we know them now were most likely : all created for Emma and perhaps Wilhelmina. : : : --Previous Message-- : Indeed, it was made for Wilhelmina. But I : don't know whether a jewel with this : sapphire was broken up for this brooch, or : was lying around in a box. : : :