I do not know what the expression "Crown jewels" precisely means and implies in Sweden. I know the Bernadotte Foundation and the privately owned jewels, but I did not know there were "Crown jewels". May be it was an excessive wording used by the author of the book in which the picture was published in 1898? In this hypothesis, he would have meant that Queen Lovisa bequeathed these jewels to the Bernadotte Foundation? (did this Foundation already existed when Queen Lovisa died?)
I think that Queen Silvia would be perfectly entitled to "play" with these "Crown jewels", as long as she does not totally destroys the jewels to use their stones into totally new jewels. But I guess there would be no objection if she decided, for instance, to mount the button brooches on a tiara, or to turn them into a necklace/bracelet clasp or into a pendant.
The same was done, for instance, with the (larger) diamond buttons from Marshall Bernadotte's gala uniform, which were later mounted on the King's Crown, and then later again on the current six-button tiara.
We can also notice that the large earrings were probably adapted: if we compare the pictures of the 2010 pre-wedding reception with the 1898 picture published by Pia K, we can see that a diamond ear-stud was added on top of each "epaulette" to have them worn as earrings.
I do not know why Queen Silvia never wore any of these jewels (except the small bow brooch). For that, we should first know how these jewels were kept and stored during the past century... As we know, Queen Silvia "re-discovered" old jewels (the cut-steel parure, the large pear-shaped diamond earrings of the Braganza parure...) which had not been seen for decades and were kept somewhere in a forgotten place of the Palace's vault... It could have been the case for these jewels too.
But even if these long epaulette earrings are recorded as "Crown jewels", I guess there is no objection to Crown Princess Victoria wearing them: the Swedish Queens, in the past decades, were always OK to share their jwels with the Swedish princesses (with the notable exception of the Braganza tiara).
--Previous Message-- : WOOOOW Pia K...what a find..you definitely : found a smoking gun on diamond buttons...we : always speculated that there might be more : buttons, but this picture surely confirms : that they are much more diamond button : elements in the Swedish vaults. : : As excited as I am to see this picture, it : opens up for me a new can or worms...instead : of having final decision, now I have more : questions lol... : : : Here is the comparison of diamond buttons : seen only worn on the sashes...They are : identical to the ones from Pia's : picture...so now we know there are identical : 8 of them. : : : The questions are: : : 1. why the caption said "Crown : Jewels"...if that's in fact the truth, : maybe it explains why we never saw let's say : Queen Silvia playing around with these : diamond elements to create anyting? we know : how creative and curious she was with the : jewels available to her.. : : 2. However, this raises another question, IF : these pieces (talking about all the jewels : in the casket on Pia's picture) are in fact : belonging to the crown, how come Princess : Victoria was the first one to have worn : pieces from it...her pre-wedding converted : earrings...is that her personal property now : OR she was just honored as a future reigning : Queen to wear crown pieces? But how come : Queen Silvia never did wear anything except : the bow brooch (which are always seen on : Queen Silvia, Victoria and Madeleine)...I : have more an more questions I would like to : ask... : : any thoughts.... : : : :