Posted by John R on March 4, 2014, 1:01 am, in reply to "Re: Picture"
Your suggestion would create something quite big I think and what we see here does not come across as a very grand piece. The Sunbursts and Pear Pearl ornaments were not small and put together on a wire frame already quite substantial. I think we will never know what she was wearing that day unless the Royal Archives has a record on it.
--Previous Message-- : Probably the diadem worn by Queen Emma was the : (still existing) upper part of the Van : Kempen Diadem paired with a diamond base? : : I thought the Bandeau of old rose-cut : diamonds was made on later date than the : 1926 Silver Wedding of Queen Wilhelmina and : Prince Hendrik, Duke of Mecklenburg? :