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The Best Royal Jewels of 2016: #3 (Victoria’s Nobel Splendor)

12.29.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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#3: Victoria’s Nobel Splendor

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The annual Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm is always one of the most exciting events of the year for royal jewel lovers, and this year, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden gave us a tour-de-force jewel performance.

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Victoria wore an unusual diadem, the large Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara, which manages to sparkle mightily without a single diamond.

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The real virtuoso decision, though, was the pairing of the steel tiara with other jewels from the same era: pieces from the Cameo Parure. Add in a glorious gown with metallic embroidery, and you’ve got a truly remarkable jewelry moment! (See even more photos from the event over here!)

This Week in Nobel Gala Jewels: December 10-11

12.16.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

December 10-11, 2016

It’s really massively unfair to make any other jewelry compete with the royal glitter in Scandinavia during the Nobel gala celebrations, so we’ve got a separate roundup just for them this week! (The regular jewelry roundup will be up in a few hours, so stay tuned.) Don’t forget to vote in our special poll!

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10. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway wore a headband of baroque pearls and a pair of coordinating earrings at the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet in Oslo. (See more images, including pearl close-ups, here!)

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9. At the same banquet, Queen Sonja upped the jewelry ante with the Drapers’ Company Brooch, pearl and diamond earrings, a pearl bracelet, and an amethyst cluster ring. (See more images here!)

8. Princess Sofia of Sweden wore the Diamond Four-Button Tiara for the first time at the King’s Dinner in Stockholm. (More over here!)

7. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore the Boucheron Laurel Wreath Tiara for the King’s Dinner. (More over here!)

6. Queen Silvia of Sweden paired Queen Sofia’s Tiara with the Karl Johan Earrings and other diamond and ruby jewels at the King’s Dinner (More over here!)

5. Princess Madeleine of Sweden wore not one, but two tiaras at the King’s Dinner: the Modern Fringe Tiara, and the Connaught Diamond Tiara as a necklace. She also wore the Vasa Earrings. (More over here!)

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4. Queen Silvia wore the fabulous Leuchtenberg Sapphires with a focus-pulling sequined gown for the Nobel Prize Ceremony. (See jewelry close-ups here!)

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3. Princess Sofia debuted the smaller Cut-Steel Tiara with diamond and emerald earrings for the Prize Ceremony. (See jewelry close-ups here!)

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2. Princess Madeleine wore the Connaught Diamond Tiara in public for the second time at the Prize Ceremony, pairing it with diamond and pearl jewels. (See jewelry close-ups here!)

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1. Crown Princess Victoria inventively mixed the larger Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara with pieces from the Cameo Parure for her Prize Ceremony look. (See jewelry close-ups here!)

Jewels of the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet and Concert

12.14.2016 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

The Nobel Peace Prize Banquet 2016 (Photo: LISE AASERUD/NTB SCANPIX/AFP/Getty Images)

Whew — our last Nobel post of the season! Here’s a look at the glittering jewelry worn by the Norwegian royals at the Peace Prize banquet and concert, which honored President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia.

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At Saturday evening’s black tie banquet, there were no tiaras, but Queen Sonja managed to bring along some major bling anyway. She pinned the Drapers’ Company Brooch (one of Queen Maud’s wedding presents) at the neckline of her dress, pairing it with diamond and pearl earrings and a diamond and pearl bracelet. She’s also wearing a lovely amethyst cluster ring, and she appears to have a brooch fixed in her hair.

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Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore a gorgeous pearl headband with coordinating pearl drop earrings. I love that the headband’s pearls are pear-shaped instead of round. It’s so Mette-Marit. (PS: apologies for catching you with such an astonished expression, MM. It was the best picture of your jewels!)

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At the torchlight parade on the same night, President Santos’s wife, Maria Clemencia Rodriguez, wore a major pair of golden statement earrings.

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For Sunday’s concert, Rodriguez also chose statement earrings, this time in the shape of golden leaves.

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit also attended the concert, and Mette-Marit wore diamond and gray pearl earrings with a glittering diamond bracelet.