Prince Henry of Orange-Nassau married his second wife Maria of Prussia in Potsdam in 1878. He had the Berlin Jeweller Friedenberg create an impressive Sapphire Parure from Sapphires he inherited from his mother Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna Romanova. After his death a few months later the Sapphire jewels were returned to the Orange-Nassau family: to King Willem III to be exact. In 1879 or 1880 Queen Emma was gifted a sapphire bow brooch which contains a huge sapphire set in a double row of diamonds. The yellow gold setting of the sapphire does not match the setting of the diamond bow. This brooch is now worn by Queen Maxima. https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/nieuwsfoto%27s/king-willem-alexander-and-queen-maxima-of-the-netherlands-nieuwsfotos/659866750 The detachable central sapphire with the very distinct double row of diamonds seems to match the largest sapphire set in two graduated rows of diamonds in the large corsage created for Princess Marie. https://royal-magazin.de/wp-content/uploads/marie-preussen-oranien-nassau-saxe-meiningen-netherlands.jpg
Re: Dutch Oval Sapphire
Posted by 992235177 on January 27, 2025, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Dutch Oval Sapphire"
I don’t know much about the history of the Dutch Royal Family but it was quite common to set diamonds in silver and sapphires, rubies and emeralds in gold . I think the Dutch sapphire tiara has a gold frame with the diamonds in a white metal and the sapphires in yellow
Interesting. Do you by chance know in which periode of time this was common?
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I don’t know much about the history of the Dutch Royal Family but it was quite common to set diamonds in silver and sapphires, rubies and emeralds in gold . I think the Dutch sapphire tiara has a gold frame with the diamonds in a white metal and the sapphires in yellow
I’m afraid I don’t know, my guess is that it stopped when platinum started to be used, I’ve had a quick look at some photos and I can say that Queen Victorias sapphire cluster brooch, the George VI sapphire necklace and the princess Louise of Belgium tiara all have gold set sapphires. I’ve had a look in google and it looks like emerald and ruby jewellery continued to use gold and white metal into the art deco period but sapphires considerably less so.
on January 27, 2025, 7:57 am
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