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Victoria’s Name Day Jewels

03.15.2018 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended her annual Name Day celebrations — as well as a few other important family events! Here’s a look at her jewels from the day.

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Name Day celebrations are a long-standing tradition in Sweden. Victoria’s name day is March 12; you can see the Swedish Academy’s current Name Day list to find your day over here. Victoria’s celebrations took place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

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For the occasion, Victoria chose royal purple for her ensemble and accessories. These bezel-set amethyst and gold drop earrings provided a little splash of color to coordinate with her blouse.

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Victoria’s best accessories, though, were two of her biggest fans: her husband, Prince Daniel, and their daughter, Princess Estelle.

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Victoria and her amethysts also attended Monday’s cabinet meeting, where the name of Princess Madeleine’s new baby was officially announced by King Carl XVI Gustaf. The baby is Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice, Duchess of Blekinge. (For those keeping score, baby Adrienne will celebrate her own name day on March 4.)

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Victoria, Estelle, and Daniel also joined Princess Adrienne’s father, Chris O’Neill, as well as King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Sofia for a Te Deum service in Adrienne’s honor.

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Here’s a look at Queen Silvia’s jewels from the service. She chose pieces from her multi-colored pearl collection and a modern brooch that has been a favorite over the past year or so.

Princess Ingeborg’s Pearl Fleur-de-Lis Brooch

03.06.2018 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

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It’s a new month, which means it’s time to debut our new Magpie of the Month: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg! We’ll be looking at several pieces of jewelry from her collection this month, including a few major heirlooms. Today’s jewel, Princess Ingeborg’s Pearl Fleur-de-Lis Brooch, is definitely a piece with a major family legacy.

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The diamond fleur-de-lis brooch is a very common design in royal jewelry, as so many royal houses use the fleur-de-lis as part of their symbolism. This brooch, however, is a bit of a twist on the classic, with a large pearl serving as the top part of the floral design.

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The brooch can be traced back to Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, who married Prince Carl of Sweden and started a large family of children who married extremely well. One of their daughters was Princess Astrid, who married King Leopold III of Belgium; their daughter was Princess Josephine-Charlotte, who married Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. (They’re the parents of the reigning grand duke, Henri.) The ladies over at Luxarazzi note that the brooch was given to Josephine-Charlotte, but they’re not sure whether she received/inherited it from Ingeborg or Astrid. Now, the brooch is worn by Josephine-Charlotte’s daughter-in-law, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa.

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Because the brooch is a lovely, sparkly piece, it’s especially suitable for evening (or important daytime) occasions. Maria Teresa often uses it to secure the sashes of various orders. The brooch was a natural choice for a gala dinner celebrating the 70th birthday of King Harald V of Norway in February 2007; Harald’s mother, Crown Princess Martha, was also one of Princess Ingeborg’s daughters.

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Maria Teresa also wore the brooch on her order sash in June 2010, at the glittering royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden in Stockholm. Of course, on that occasion, you’d be forgiven for not noticing it, as the massive Empire Tiara certainly hogged the jewelry spotlight a bit!

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The brooch was also a starring accessory in London in April 2011, when Maria Teresa wore it pinned to the waist of her gown at the pre-wedding dinner for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. On this occasion, the brooch was the largest piece of jewelry worn; it was paired only with the pearl drop earrings that Maria Teresa usually coordinates with it.

Bejeweled Close-Ups: Queen Sofia’s Tiara

03.05.2018 by The Court Jeweller // Leave a Comment

Queen Silvia of Sweden attends the Nobel Prize banquet in Stockholm on December 10, 2011 (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Some tiaras inspire very specific reactions—either you love them, or you hate them. Queen Sofia’s Tiara, aka the “Nine-Prong Tiara,” is definitely one of those sparklers. Whether you can’t stand its spiky profile or love it for its exuberant, unusual style, close-ups of the tiara show that its was constructed in a way that sets it apart from other jewels.

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