Tiara della regina Vittoria, in oro, diamanti e zaffiri
Tiara della regina Vittoria, in oro, diamanti e zaffiri

Queen Victoria’s crown is back




At Victoria and Albert Museum the tiara of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: it’s the right place ♦ ︎
A royal jewel designed by a king. Queen Victoria’s little crown is not the only example of a jewel conceived by a royal member, but is undoubtedly one of the most significant. Now the Victoria and Albert Museum in London has acquired the small crown with sapphires and diamonds designed by her husband, Prince Albert, in 1840, on the occasion of their wedding. The jewel now will be part of the jewelery gallery William and Judith Bollinger, which describes the history of jewelery in Europe from the ancient world to the present. On the other hand, the museum is dedicated to the royal couple who marked an era of British history. The top of the tiara features the motif of Saxon Rautenkranz, with a pattern of leaves that resembles Prince Albert’s coat of arms. Alberto of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, of Germanic origins, who was the husband of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. Born in Saxony, he was a member of the Saxony-Coburg-Saalfelde family, who was associated with most European monarchs. When he was 20, he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom he had nine children, whose descendants today make up the royal family. The English Royal House, therefore, has its roots not in Great Britain, but in Germany.

Tiara della regina Vittoria, in oro, diamanti e zaffiri
Tiara della regina Vittoria, in oro, diamanti e zaffiri

The story of the crown
But we back to the crown. It was made by Joseph Kitching, partner of Kitching and Abud, “jeweler of the Queen” in 1837. In 1842 the little crown was represented in the first and most renowned portrait of the queen, painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The tiara it is also a symbol of lasting love. Since 1866, after Albert’s death in 1861, at 42 years of typhoid fever, the queen chose to wear the small crown instead of the official one, which was carried next to a cushion.
The tiara was then inherited by King Edward VII, King George V and Queen Mary, who gave her to her daughter, Princess Mary, for the marriage with Viscount Lascelles in 1922. She was then sold to private persons, up to 2015, when it was repurchased by the UK. Federico Graglia



La corona esposta
La corona esposta
La regina Vittoria ritratta benevolmente da Franz Xaver Winterhalter
La regina Vittoria ritratta benevolmente da Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Il principe Albert e la regina Victoria
Il principe Albert e la regina Victoria
La regina Vittoria
La regina Vittoria
Lo stemma del principe Alberto di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha. La freccia indica il motivo Saxon Rautenkranz
Lo stemma del principe Alberto di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha. La freccia indica il motivo Saxon Rautenkranz







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