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December 17, 2011

Queen Ingrid of Denmark's Floral Aigrette Tiara

floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Creation: This tiara can be worn on a frame or split up into three sections and worn in different ways.
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Maria Melchior
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Maria Melchior
Materials: diamonds set in gold and silver 
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid
Queen Ingrid
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid
Queen Ingrid
Provenance:
  1. Maria Melchior née Hacker
  2. A. Michelsen; sold to the jeweler by Lauritz Melchior after his wife passed away in 1963
  3. Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her husband, King Frederik IX of Denmark, in 1964
  4. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; from her mother in 1985
  5. Danish Royal Property Trust
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Queen Margrethe
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Queen Margrethe
Questions:
  • When was this tiara created?
  • Which jeweler created this tiara?
  • When was this tiara put into the Danish Royal Property Trust?
  • Did the tiara originally belong to Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, King Frederik IX's maternal grandmother?
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Queen Margrethe
floral aigrette tiara denmark queen ingrid margrethe maria melchior
Queen Margrethe

1 comment :

  1. The tiara belong to the Danish Queen Margrethe II - she inherited from her mother Queen Ingrid. Her father, King Frederik IX, purchased it from the Danish-American tenor Lauritz Melchior in 1963. The provenance of the tiara is still a bit mysterious, but it's said to date from around 1850 and was owned by King Frederik's maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.

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