This ruby and diamond coronet pattern head ornament consisting of 14 lozenge-shaped clusters & 13 strawberry leaves with ruby and diamond band was part of a suite with necklace, brooch and earrings. The parure was a present from Queen Victoria of Great Britain, to her daughter Princess Beatrice on her marriage to Prince Henry of Battenberg on 23 July 1885.
The tiara of strawberry leaves that was once set with rubies, was a favourite jewel of Queen Victoria. Princess Beatrice of Battenberg made it larger and higher by mirroring the design in a gallery of diamonds below. From Beatrice, it passed to her son the Marquess of Carisbrooke and was worn by his wife as depicted in the portrait.
It`s not proven but it has been suggested that the Princess did not liked the painting with the rubies and ordered the painter to colour it to resemble diamonds.
Source: Munn;
Wedding
presents and gifts to Princess Beatrice of Battenberg | Princess of
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Hochzeitsgeschenke an die Prinzessin Beatrice von Battenberg
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