Today marks the Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Amalia of Greece, who was born on this day in 1818! The Duchess of Oldenburg who became the Queen of the first Greek King from 1836 to 1862, and spent the rest of her life in exile in the King’s native Bavaria, we are featuring Queen Amalia’s Diamond Parure which we just saw in Paris!
Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara | Diamond Parure | Bavarian Amethyst Parure | Diamond and Pearl Tiara
Queen Amalia of Greece wore a pair of grand diamond earrings and diamond brooches for a portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1837, the year after her marriage to King Otto of Greece.
According to family tradition, at some point Queen Amalia passed along her diamonds to Count Maximilian von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, who had them reset by 1867, when his son, Count Karl, married Countess Mathilde Wolff-Metternich zur Grach. The Parure now comprises a fringe necklace of graduated old-mine cut diamonds with a central diamond cluster pendant, a pair of ear pendants, each set with old-mine cut diamonds with a diamond cluster top, and three diamond-set sunburst brooches, mounted in silver and gold, mid-19th Century.
The Diamond Parure came up for Auction at Sotheby’s in Geneva in 1995, and appeared at Christie’s in Geneva in 2014, where it fetched CHF 269,000 after an estimate of CHF 45,000 – CHF 70,000.
Queen Amalia’s Diamond Parure is now part of the Qatar Royal Family’s Al Thani Collection, and is currently on display in the ‘Dynastic Jewels’ Exhibition at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris.
Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara | Diamond Parure | Bavarian Amethyst Parure | Diamond and Pearl Tiara
Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara
Diamond Parure
Bavarian Amethyst Parure
Arco-Zinneberg Ruby Tiara
Austria-Este Tiara
Savoy-Aosta Tiara
Savoy-Aosta Choker/Bandeau
Empress Elisabeth’s Diamond Stars
Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara
Bavarian Ruby Tiara
Diamond and Pearl Tiara
Pearl and Diamond Floral Tiara
Douglas Floral Tiara
Diamond Rosette Tiara
Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara
Bavarian Sunburst Tiara
Bavarian Amethyst Parure
Prussian Meander Tiara
Prussian Sapphire Parure
Fabergé Tiara
Prussian Ruby Parure
Sapphire and Pearl Brooch
Hanoverian Floral Tiara
Brunswick Tiara
Hannover Diamond Necklace Tiara
Prussian Diamond Tiara
Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown
Hanoverian Crown Pearls
Sapphire Tiara
Diamond Scroll Tiara
Württemberg Diamond Tiara
Ruby Tiara
Emerald Floral Tiara
Baden Sunburst Tiara
Baden Ruby Laurel Wreath Tiara
Thurn und Taxis Sapphire Tiara 
Emerald Tiara
Emerald and Ruby Choker
Sapphire Bow Brooch
Princess Olga’s Emerald Earrings
Hesse Emerald Brooch
Thurn und Taxis Tiaras
Habsburg Fringe Tiara
Kinsky Tiara
Douglas Floral Tiara
Sapphire Suite
Diamond Earrings
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