Re: Ears-of-Wheat diadem and the 1901 Wedding Gift Parure Archived Message
Posted by Gert on April 6, 2014, 3:17 pm, in reply to "Re: Ears-of-Wheat diadem and the 1901 Wedding Gift Parure"
Most of the time.. Four on both side. --Previous Message-- : Have we ever seen it with eight? : : --Previous Message-- : The inventory from1884, death of prince : alexander, reports 8 ears of diamonds... : : : --Previous Message-- : Yesterday in the weekly program Blauw Bloed : (Blue Blood) the jewelry expert Martijn : Akkerman discussed some lost jewels. : : He stated that the Ears-of-Wheat Diadem had : 10 diamond ears. In the 1950's Queen Juliana : apparently ordered to remove two diamond : ears and remodel these in brooches. These : were given as a cadeau to two Hofdames : (Ladies-in-Waiting) of the Queen. : : The partly broken-up Wedding Gift Parure : 1901 was also discussed. Martijn Akkerman : claimed that diadem was impractical: Queen : Wilhelmina has never worn it apart for : photoshoots. I believe on this board it was : proven with a picture that Queen Wilhelmina : wore the huge diadem during a concert. : : That the diadem was broken up was known, the : fate of the mirroring necklace was unknown. : Martijn Akkerman claimed that both the : diadem and the necklace were broken up to : create personal bijoux for the daughters of : Queen Juliana. At least the diadem was : broken up, in the book Juwelen van het Huis : Oranje-Nassau by René Brus only the : dismantling of the diadem is mentioned. A : few years ago some diamond-and-sapphire : lozenges from the necklace appeared on a : newly made diadem, so at least (parts of) : the necklace is still existing. : : The diamond-and-sapphire earrings and : bracelets for the four daughters seem not to : match with the hundreds of diamonds and : sapphires in the broken up diadem and its : mirroring necklace. The last word is not : spoken yet. : : Well, now the two Hofdames who got the : diamond ears from Queen Juliana. It would be : great of these original ears could be : researched and purchased back but of course : it can not be too difficult to create : replicas and restore the original 10 : Ears-of-Wheat. : : From PPE Agency - Princess Aimée van : Oranje-Nassau, Van Vollenhoven with 8 : diamond ears-of-wheat : : : : : : :
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