I have to say the buttons work much better as brooches and clasps of bracelets. I've never been a big fan of the pearl button tiara, it looked ok on the big hairstyles of Juliana and Beatrix but on Maxima it looks bad. With several other pearl tiara's i'd prefer to see a new use of the base (not a fan of the current version of the star tiara either). Maybe they could use some of the saphires to create a second smaller saphire tiara and return the necklace of Emma to it's original use.
--Previous Message-- : Princess Beatrix's wearing one of the Pearl : Button Brooches on a bracelet in the late : 1950s, early 1960s before it was used to : create a new tiara, which was first seen in : 1965 on Queen Juliana. The Pearl Button : Brooches are believed to have belonged to : Queen Sophie, born a princess of : Wuerttemberg. : : : : : : :