Nellie: if I understand your post properly, two crowns were created for Mary of Modena (a coronation crown and a state crown). Is that correct?
Yes - and a diadem.
It might be the one that is in the Museum of London (or was).
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.
That extract is only about the MoM state crown? If so no hint of Charlotte's coronation crown.
Precisely!! I cannot tell, as I said before, but will speculate!
I have looked at a variety of sources and not found one with the definitive answer.
Modern researchers have studied the jewels of Queen Charlotte and write of what she wore on certain occasions and how she has been depicted. They are not focusing on the moment of her crowning.
Eye witnesses were not either. They were referring to how Queen Charlotte was dressed in her personal jewels for the occasion. Those jewels included her nuptial crown - firmly pinned well back to the crown of her head (I believe) - from arrival to departure on the day. See second pic here for her nuptial crown.
It is possible that the MoM coronation crown (diameter 5.1 inches) was placed on her head in front of the nuptial crown.
In the third pic here the crown on the table is usually said to be her nuptial crown, which is understandable given all the above. But I think it is too large - considering proportions and that this a formal state portrait. The crown could be either of the two MoM crowns but most likely is the State Crown of Mary of Modena.
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