Princess Victoria of Sweden Looking Forward to The Cameo Parure Tiara
Written by James Matthews
Princess Victoria of Sweden has recently gotten engaged. As apart of the royal family she will be wearing the Cameo Parure Tiara to her wedding. The tiara is interesting, since it doesn’t have any stones at all, but are pearls and cameos set in gold while the pearl necklace, bracelet and brooch have cameos and diamonds set in gold.
The Cameo Parure Tiara is said to have belonged to Empress Josephine of France and came to Sweden via her grand daughter, Josephine of Leuchtenberg when she married the Swedish crown prince Oscar (future Oscar I).
Looking at old pictures it looks like every other cameo of the tiara has been removed and replaced by pearl honeysuckles to make the necklace, bracelet and brooch and that’s probably the reason why they have a slightly different look with diamonds.
Front cameo shows a woman and cupid, symbolizing “Love”, the front left is the profile of a man and the front right profile of a woman.
It has become the “wedding tiara” of Swedish royalties, since the queens sister HRH Princess Birgitta wore it at the civil cermony in Stockholm, as well as Desirée and later HM Queen Silvia. (Oldest sister Margareta wore a traditional local tiara and youngest sister Christina wore the Cannaught diamond forget-me-not-tiara. Pictures of Birgitta wearing a small crown is from the religious ceremony in Sigmaringen, Germany)
This is the tiara that the Crown Princess is most likely to wear at her wedding, but the tradition doesn’t go that far back and is not set in stone so it really is anyone’s guess. She has never worn it yet.
This post was written by James Matthews. If you have any questions or comments you may contact him at james@jewelerslounge.com
