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246: 168: 268: 235: 308:. The famous Orange pearls were sent to Prussia. In the 19th century the daughters and granddaughters of William I and the daughter of William II were given a large collection of jewels when they married. The jewels are now by inheritance in the collections of the royal and princely families of Sweden, Denmark, Prussia and Saxen-Weimar. Consecutive Princes of Orange and Kings of the Netherlands have tried to institute a collection of crown-jewels that were a 73: 32: 257: 293:. In 1896 the Firm of van Kempen & Begeer wrote about resetting the jewels of the Crown ("juweelen der kroon"). Queen Juliana gave a selection of her formal jewelry to the new Foundation Regalia of the House of Orange-Nassau, instituted on 27 July 1963. In 1968 a Foundation "Kroongoederen van het Huis van Oranje-Nassau" was instituted. It owns the regalia and the House-jewels. 347:
were not legally part of these collection. The set of jewels containing 800 diamonds and the famous "Garuda" bracelet from the Dutch East Indies that were given to the then Princess Juliana were broken up after their deaths. The stones are now part of several earrings, brooches and other jewels.
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after spending decades in the royal vaults. The diamond has no official name but it has been referred to as the "Stuart" or "Holland" diamond in the past. It was set in a tiara in 1897 by Jeweller Eduard Schürmann & Co. in
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Amongst these "crown jewels" are large and old fashioned tiaras, devants the corsage and necklaces set with large emeralds, sapphires, diamonds and rubies. They are sometimes worn during state-banquettes.
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to the UK and were kept in the vaults of Wolverhampton Town Hall. The Princess Irene Brigade who were members of the Dutch Army were stationed at Wrottesley Park, Wolverhampton during the war.
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who decided that a number of gems and jewels were to be "the diamonds of the Crown". They were to be reserved for the ruling monarch and his consort.
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The most impressive solitaire in the collection is a light blue drop shape rose-cut Indian diamond that once belonged to
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The Houses of Orange and Nassau have a collection of jewels, including diamonds and pearls. The famous Small
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with her 113 pearls. They were sold by her eldest son and were auctioned in 1904 for 855 000 Francs
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with the parure of diamonds and sapphires that were a wedding-present from the Dutch people
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and were therefore inseparable but they did not succeed. It was
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the Dutch Crown Jewels were flown for safekeeping from
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