In all the illustrations of the Mary of Modena crowns, I've only seen the diadem and the state crown (cf: the Royal Collection Trust). Does that mean that the coronation crown no longer exists?
Also, the RCT website states that:
The [Mary of Modena state] crown was reset with jewels for each of the coronations of Mary II in 1689, Queen Anne in 1702 and Queen Caroline in 1727. After this, the consort's State crown was replaced - first by Queen Charlotte's nuptual crown, and then by a new crown designed for Queen Adelaide in 1831.
This would seem to indicate that Queen Charlotte used a previous crown as her coronation crown, and her nuptial crown as her state crown.
So the question remains: what was she crowned with?
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