In addition, this was also the Tiara and Necklace (as a corsage) worn by Queen Wilhelmina in her inauguration portrait!
Queen Emma is wearing her Van Kempen Parure, which according to Pinterest:
"included a tiara, necklace and a corsage. Commissioned in 1879 by K Willem III for his new wife, Q Emma. A tiara of laurel wreath base topped with large round sunbursts and large upright pearls. A necklace containing the famous Holland or Stuart diamond (dismantled to create the Stuart tiara) and a diamond devant de corsage. In 1897 it was remodelled into a new parure for Q Wilhelmina."
Can anyone identify the tiara and necklace worn by Queen Emma?
The detail below is taken from a painting by JD Linton of the wedding of Prince Leopold and Helen of Waldeck and Prymont in April 1882.
RCIN 405021
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