The tiara in its full glory Queen Victoria’s Emerald Tiara along with the necklace, earrings and brooch that Albert first designed for her. The Queen in the full parure. Albert was a renaissance man and loved to design many things, including jewelry for his wife. Her engagement ring was of his design with an emerald…
Queen Victoria’s Emerald and Diamond Tiara
Queen Victoria’s emerald and diamond tiara designed by Prince Albert in 1845. The Tiara, featuring cushion-shaped diamonds, step-cut emeralds and 19 inverted pear-shaped emeralds, was designed by Prince Albert, along with the emerald necklace, earrings and brooch, and commissioned by jeweller Joseph Kitching for £1,150 before being presented to Queen Victoria in 1845, who wrote…
