Queen Victoria Orange Blossom Jewelry

Dec 17 2015 this parure is not by any means among the grandest or most important jewels in the royal collection but it is definitely one of the most symbolic and sentimental ones.

Queen victoria orange blossom jewelry. At their wedding the queen wore sprays of real orange blossom in her hair and on her bodice. See more ideas about queen victoria royal jewels royal jewelry. Perhaps the most famous bride to opt for orange blossoms was queen victoria herself who wore a wreath of them in her hair at her 1840 wedding. One of the very first jewellery gifts prince albert gave his then fiancée was a gold and porcelain brooch in the form of a sprig of orange blossom.

The queen s husband noticed victoria s affinity for orange blossoms and gifted her jewels of porcelain enamel and gold that were beautiful representations of the real thing. Queen victoria wore sprays of real orange blossom in her hair prince albert continued to give victoria orange blossom jewellery eventually creating this beautiful parure consisting of another brooch and matching earrings presented in december 1845 and a headdress presented on their wedding anniversary in february 1846. Much of the fascination of queen victoria s jewelry collection lies its very high low nature. The orange blossom flower was however also the subject of a gift from prince albert to queen victoria on their sixth wedding anniversary in 1846.

The tibur ruby necklace was made for queen victoria by r. Oct 13 2019 explore rene s maison des fleurs rene s board amazing jewelry of queen victoria followed by 173 people on pinterest. The prince continued to give victoria orange blossom jewelry eventually creating a beautiful parure parts of which she always wore on their wedding anniversary. At the wedding the queen wore sprays of real orange blossom in her hair and on her bodice.

Queen victoria s famous small diamond crown 1870. Jewelry was produced in great quantities for the queen to wear to balls and entertainments marking the birth of each of her nine children birthdays and anniversaries and as gifts to be presented at family marriages and births. One of the first gifts prince albert sent his fiancée queen victoria was a gold and porcelain orange blossom brooch a flower traditionally associated with chastity and betrothal. Pebbles from the balmoral estate polished and set in silver existed alongside magnificent royal jewels inherited from her predecessors.