The Cameo Tiara of Sweden.
Description: The Cameo Tiara is historically known as the Swedish bridal tiara and is rather unusual due to its very special colours and design. It consists of gold and pearls heightened with 7 cameos that depict mythological figures. The center cameo is the crowning of love, depicting Cupid and Psyche. Each cameo is framed in pearls and sits on a base of seed pearls and gold.
Cameos were very popular back then and all 7 cameos used were made prior to the tiara’s creation and all vary in size and colour.
History: Made by Nitot in Paris, this tiara was originally owned by Empress Joséphine of France who received it as a gift from Napoleon. The tiara passed into the Swedish Royal Family via her granddaughter, Queen Josefina (born Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg). When Josephine of Leuchtenberg married King Oscar I of Sweden in 1823, she relocated to Stockholm and took the tiara with her. Since then, it’s become a fixture of Swedish royal weddings.
Provenance:
- Empress Joséphine of France
- Queen Josefina of Sweden/Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg
- Princess Eugénie
- Prince Eugén
- Princess Sibylla
- King Carl Gustaf/Queen Silvia
Notable occasions:
- Princess Birgitta (wedding tiara, 1961)
- Princess Désirée (wedding tiara, 1964)
- Queen Silvia (wedding tiara, 1976)
- Crown Princess Victoria (wedding tiara, 2010)
Also worn by:
- Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden (Princess Margaret of Connaught)
- Princess Sibylla of Sweden (Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
- Princess Ingrid of Sweden (lent by her sister-in-law Sibylla for a costume ball)
(Thanks to various royal blogs for the info: The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor, Mad Hattery!, and Tiara Mania, among others. I have tried to do my best research; hopefully there are no errors.)
Queen Josefina of Sweden, Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden, Princess Ingrid of Sweden (later Queen Ingrid of Denmark), Queen Silvia, and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wearing the Cameo Tiara.
I was going to write a long-winded post on the history of the Cameo tiara belonging to the Swedish Royal family, however I quickly realized I had a lot of pictures of it saved. (I have a rather large soft spot for cameo’s on anything, so it should come as no surprise that I love this tiara.)
Rather than trying to fit in a plethora of pictures on that post I decided to make a separate post with pictures of it at weddings!
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