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19 juillet 2012

The Norwegian emerald parure

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The Norwegian emerald  parure

The Norwegian emerald parure is one of the loveliest, with the dark, rich green of the rain forest. Its origins goes back to Napoleon with the neo-Classical design common for that time. The original owner was reportedly the Empress Josephine, making its way first to Sweden through Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg.

Queen Sofia of Sweden, nee Nassau, wearing the tiara. During her time the necklace had seven pendants and there were no earrings. Crown Princess Margarita, nee Connaught, wore her mother-in-law's emeralds to her cousin King George V's coronation in 1911. The 
set was later inherited by the queen's youngest son, Prince Carl, and worn by his wife, Princess Ingeborg, nee Denmark.

The tiara, necklace and brooch came to Norway as gifts to Crown Princess Martha from her parents on the birth of the Norwegian heir, the future King Harald. By the time Crown Princess Martha received the jewels, all but one of the pendants were gone, and the two large tear-shaped emeralds were replaced by diamond honeysuckle motifs and made into earrings. http://royal-jewels.blogspot.fr/

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