Re: Countess Estelle's / Queen Sofia's tiara bought back by Swedish Royal family? Archived Message
Posted by Pedro  on February 29, 2012, 3:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Countess Estelle's / Queen Sofia's tiara bought back by Swedish Royal family?"
Do we have any idea if this was - if it will be confirmed - a recent acquisition? The fact it belonged to Grevinna Estelle and with the recent birth of Princess Estelle, I associated both ideas and so, thought it could be a gift for the Crown Princess.
But... if it'll be for Queen Silvia... so much better! No one wears those precious pieces like HM! 
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: I think it should be remembered that the pink
: tourmaline tiara was most likely bought back
: for the Bernadotte collection as an
: important piece and Norwegian coronation
: tiara of Queen Sofia - not necessarily for
: Crown Princess Victoria or her daughter.
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: I'd find it most pleasant if the Royal Court
: would confirm the acquisition... in general,
: they have been quite secretive about jewelry
: (re-)added to the collection under King Carl
: Gustaf.
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: Those are great news. I bet it would look
: gorgeous with the pink topaz necklace. A
: most lovely new 'parure' for Crown Princess
: Victoria.
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: Thanks a lot for sharing this, Claes!
: It answers one question - definitely pink
: tourmalines in the tiara, not 'white
: sapphires' as falsely stated by Göran Alm
: and also in the article I linked.
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: The most important question now - can the
: source for the Swedish RF buying it back,
: Norwegian writer Kjell Arne Totland,
: considered to be reliable?
: As far as I have heard, he's quite an expert
: when it comes to current matters of royal
: jewelry and fashions and is supposed to have
: good connections.
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: Great news!
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: From the last owner, Count Folke Bernadotte,
: living here at Uppsala like me, I got a
: photo showing the tiara with other jewels of
: pink tourmalines placed on a table. A photo
: he took for the insurance.
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: According to Norwegian journalist court
: reporter Kjell Arne Totland, “a member of
: the Swedish Royal Family” has bought back
: the tiara which once belonged to Queen Sofia
: and then to Countess Estelle Bernadotte av
: Wisborg, alternately described as being set
: with diamonds and pink tourmalines or white
: sapphires.
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: It was worn by Queen Sofia at her 1873
: coronation as Queen of Norway and Trond N.
: Isaksen confirmed in his blog a few days ago
: that Countess Estelle’s descendants recently
: sold it.
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: If true, an intriguing and major
: (re-)addition to the Bernadotte collection –
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: http://blogg.aftonbladet.se/hovbloggen/2012/02/prinsessan-estelles-finaste-fodelsegava
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: Countess Estelle with the tiara:
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: Queen Sofia (von Nassau) with the tiara:
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