Queen Maria Christina’s Diamond Flowers with Black Pearls is seen on the top right. The Queen is pictured wearing the flowerheads with five petals.
Her granddaughter, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, left, daughter of Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena, wears the floral tiara with seven flowers, again.
Infanta Beatrice, Princess Torlonia, is wearing black pearls in the picture. The flowers belonged originally to Queen Maria Cristina of Spain and are part of a set of more of these flowers.
The original set was with white central pearls, but could be replaced by emeralds or, as in the picture, with black pearls. These black pearls also belonged to Maria Cristina, notice the 3 row string of pearls as bracelet on her arm.
Queen Maria Christina, Archduchess of Austria, received, as a wedding gift from the Queen of Spain, a parure of emeralds and diamonds.
This emerald parure also consisted of a set of flowerheads with leaves, but the leaves are serrated, like these leaves of diamonds, which the queen wore as a choker on a velvet band, together with her famous diamond stomacher.
Source:Rayon, F & Sampedro J (2004)Las joyas de las reinas de Espana p 281-284, Barcelona, edit Planeta
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