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Posted by Juscha
Material of the tiara and the hessian wedding gift Archived Message
on November 6, 2013, 3:46 am, in reply to "Re: Queen Alexandra's tiara from her wedding parure (Rundell tiara)"
As far I can see there is nothing said about the material but about the stones.
The Landgraf of Hesse gift:
http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-alexandra/queen-gold-ornaments.htm
--Previous Message--
: Queen Alexandra's wedding tiara was not made
: in gold and silver as proven by one part of
: the list of wedding presents given to then
: H.R.H. the Princess Alexandra of Denmark on
: her marriage to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
:
: Source: Library of Congress.
:
: From "Daily Ohio Statesman"
: (Columbus, Ohio) dated April 12, 1863.
:
: (Direct quotes)
:
: Her Majesty Queen Victoria's gift:
:
: A parure of very large and fine opals and
: brilliants, consisting of three circular
: brooches, pair earrings, cross and
: bracelets--from designs created by the
: Prince Consort (Prince Albert).
:
: H.M. Queen Victoria's gift:
:
: The Victoria and Albert badge---form of a
: fine Oriental onyx, with portraits of
: Victoria and Albert encircled by a border of
: fine brilliants and surmounted by a crown of
: diamonds with a carved ruby cap.
:
: H.M. Queen Victoria's gift:
:
: A suit of Indian ornaments of pearls,
: emeralds and diamonds, consisting of a
: corsage, a pair of bracelets, and an armlet,
: six Indian shawls, one gold tissue shawl,
: several pieces of satin and velvet unmade.
:
: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales'
: gift:
:
: A fine pearl and diamond necklace, formed of
: 8 circular clusters of brilliants, with a
: large pearl in the center of each, and
: connected by festoons of diamonds; from each
: of the 3 principal clusters is suspended a
: fine pair shaped pearl; a brooch of oblong
: form, with 3 very fine pearls set with large
: brilliants, and 3 large and fine pearls
: pendant; a pair of earrings to match.
:
: A DIADEM OF FINE BRILLIANTS; THE CIRCLET IS
: FORMED OF 2 ROWS, WITH 10 LARGE BRILLIANTS,
: EQUI-DISTANT; IT IS SURMOUNTED BY SCROLL
: ORNAMENTS, HAVING IN THE CENTER OF EACH A
: LARGE DROP-SHAPED BRILLIANT; THESE ARE
: CONNECTED BY GREEK DEVICES, ALSO IN
: BRILLIANTS. THE VARIOUS PIECES ARE MADE TO
: FORM SEPARATE ORNAMENTS (AT??) PLEASURE.
:
: A waist clasp formed of 2 large turquoises,
: inlaid with Arabic characters and mounted in
: gold in Oriental style; a very handsome
: Corbeille de Noces, some of the articles in
: which were made by the ladies at Windsor.
:
: Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince and
: Crown Princess of Prussia (The Crown
: Princess being Victoria, Princess Royal)'s
: gift:
:
: Portraits (three quarter size) of Victoria
: and her husband, the Crown Prince of
: Prussia.
:
: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of
: Prussia (Victoria, Princess Royal)'s gift
:
: A round gold locket, with raised letters
: "Victoria" from a design created
: by the Princess Royal.
:
: Their Serene Highnesses The Prince and
: Princess Louis of Hesse (Louis and Alice)'s
: gift
:
: A bracelet of turquoises and brilliants,
: with the cypher "L.A." in diamonds
: on crystal.
:
: Their Royal Highnesses The Prince Alfred,
: The Princess Helena, The Prince Arthur, The
: Prince Leopold and The Princess Beatrice's
: gift:
:
: An oval brilliant pendant, having in the
: center 5 sapphires in the form of a cross
: and a fine pearl suspended.
:
: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of
: Cambridge's gift
:
: A flower pattern brilliant brooch, with
: emeralds forming the centers of the flowers
: and buds.
:
: Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of
: Cambridge's gift
:
: A handsome bracelet, the clasp of which is
: of enamel and diamonds.
:
: His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge's
: gift
:
: A broad wove gold band bracelet, with blue
: enamel and diamond center and plume.
:
: Her Highness the Princess Hohenlohe's gift:
:
: A beautiful painted fan mount, representing
: an outdoor skating (area), a ballrooom, and
: a concert; a similar mount, representing a
: group in the costumes of Louis XV's period.
:
: His Majesty The King of the Belgians' gift
:
: A dress of beautiful and costly Brussels
: lace, with scarf and handkerchief to match.
:
: His Majesty The King of Denmark's gift
:
: A necklace of pearls and diamonds in 5
: divisions with festoons of pearls connecting
: ornaments of gold, with a large brilliant in
: the center of each. The center of the
: necklace is formed of scroll-work in
: diamonds, with one round and two large
: pearls, and responded to two very large
: pearls, fascimile of the cross of Dagmar,
: tastefully executed in enamel, ornamented
: with pearls and diamonds. The style of the
: necklace is Byzantine.
:
: Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of
: Mecklenburg's gift
:
: A gold bracelet and locket pendant, with
: diamonds in their center.
:
: Their Majesties The King and Queen of
: Prussia's gift
:
: A large vase of china, the middle of which
: contains the portrait of the King. The base,
: top and handles (are) all richly gilt.
:
: His Highness The Landgrave William of Hesse
: and His Sisters' gift
:
: An antique gold parure, diadem, necklace,
: bracelet, brooch and earrings. (What
: diadem??? )
:
: H.R.H. The Duchess of Glucksburg's gift
:
: An old enameled watch with diamond borders,
: front and back.
:
: The Maharajah Duleep Singh's gift
:
: A bouquet holder of carved crystal, with
: pearls and corals introduced. On a stem is a
: band of emeralds and diamonds, and a jeweled
: coronet. The foot is formed of a ball of
: crystal, with rubies and diamonds, By
: turning the ball, the foot springs open into
: 4 supports, in each of which is a plume and
: a sycher (sp?). Attached to a holder is a
: chain of gold and pearls, and a hoop ring of
: 8 pearls.
:
: The gift of the ladies and gentlemen of
: Queen Victoria's household
:
: A richly chased silver-gilt toliet service
: in the Queen Anne style. There are various
: items. One toliet glass---the principal
: object of the service---has a frame, at the
: top of which is the cypher and Danish
: coronet of H.R.H. The Princess Alexandra,
: surmounted by two winged figures bearing the
: Prince of Wales plume, which they were about
: to place upon the cypher of Princess
: Alexandra. At the foot of the glass are the
: full arms, supporters and crown of The
: Princess of Wales.
:
: End of quotes.
:
: --Previous Message--
: The so-called Rundell Diadem, which was in
: fact by Garrards, has been inherited by
: Princess Victoria who sold it. I´m at work
: now, but I guess it´s mentioned in "The
: Queen´s jewels" and there are
: informations about it at Ursulas´ great
: webpage.
:
:
: http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/queen-alexandra/alexandra-rundell-tiara.htm
:
: It would not be the first time a european
: jewel had been copied in the east. Who is
: the Lady?
:
: Although the similarity is striking on the
: first look I would be very surprised if the
: Wedding Tiara of Princess, later Queen
: Alexandra, had been made of gold and silver
: in this way. Usually the stones were set in
: silver and an mounted in gold. But one
: element in gold and one in silver? It looks
: indeed like a copy adapted to the eastern
: taste. Besides the different base the greek
: elements of the original wedding tiara seems
: to be wider in range.
: If that would have been the original wedding
: tiara of QA, I could understand why Princess
: Victoria sold it.
:
: --Previous Message--
: But the band could have been altered, by
: Princess Victoria or by one of the other
: owners...
:
: --Previous Message--
: The tiara no doubt was inspired by Queen
: Alexandras but it certainly is not it.
: The band is vastly inferior to the Queens in
: size of stone and workmanship.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Could this tiara be Queen Alexandra's tiara
: from her wedding gift parure (frequently
: known as the Rundell tiara)?
:
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:
: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=278185&d=1311276233
: It's very similar to Queen Alexandra's
: tiara, I can see only some differences in
: the base (which could have been altered).
: There's both yellow and white gold, but I
: think we don't know the exact color of the
: queen's tiara since photographs at that time
: where only black and white.
: Now we know that Princess Victoria inherited
: the tiara, so she could have sold it.
: Sorry if that question was already posted.
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