Norwegian Queen's Crown

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Maud of Great Britain and Ireland with the Norwegian crown

The crown of the Norwegian queens was made for the wives of the Norwegian kings at the beginning of the 19th century .

The crown is made of gold , precious stones, pearls and enamel . The golden circlet has a row of small pearls on the upper edge. The lower edge bears small golden balls. A large, cushion-shaped amethyst sits on the front . Furthermore, three amethysts, three topazes and two chrysoprases in gold settings are attached to the ring. They alternate with eight smaller amethysts, with sixteen pearl rosettes made of seven small pearls in between. The stones and rosettes are surrounded by engraved gold foliage. Above the hoop there is a golden wavy ribbon with eight small and eight large prongs, the former being made of large pearls and the latter being large golden leaves with gold-set gemstones. The wide temples rise from them like volutes, which are engraved with a filigree pattern and carry six amethysts and topazes that become smaller towards the top. The temples slightly indent towards the crown and protrude in small cylindrical rolls. There is a ring of small pearls on it, which carries the blue enameled globe, which is decorated with rows of pearls on the equator and on the upper half, the cross on top consists of ten pearls. The flat, red velvet crown cap bears eight twig-like tendrils made of pearls, which run to the center from behind the small prongs.

The crown was made for the wife of Karl XIV. Johann by court jeweler Erik Adolf Zethelius and was worn for the last time in 1906.

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literature

  • Heinz Biehn : The crowns of Europe and their fate . Limes Verlag, Wiesbaden 1957.