Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts

10 September 2011

Enamels to Rival Precious Gems

A gold and enamel brooch.

A cabochon tourmaline and enamel ring.

An enamel and precious stone stick or hat pin.

A Faberge brooch with a single diamond set in the center.

An enameled bell with bright flowers adorning it, in the royal treasury at Rosenborg Castle, Denmark.

A green enameled snake brooch in the collection of the Danish Monarchy.

A beautifully enameled scepter in the shape of a lily flower. In the royal treasury at Rosenborg Castle, Denmark.

07 September 2011

Crowns

Crown of Bohemia


The Christian IV Crown on display in the treasury at Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark.



The video I took while at the Treasury. My husband waited outside while I explored the vast castle. The Treasury is in the basement!

Christian IV of Denmark Crown
The Christian IV crown has amazing gold work and enameling details. Large diamonds have been taken out of some parts of the crown, such as the ones that used to be above the pear pearls, above.
Christian V's crown at Rosenborg Castle treasury in Denmark.
A close up of the enamel and diamond orb and cross on top of the Christian V Crown.
The Queen's Crown at the Treasury at Rosenborg Castle, made for Queen Sophie Magdalene.
For a video of the circumference of these crowns, go here: http://youtu.be/cTUT6_IlIUM
A crown covered in pearls and diamonds. Anyone know the provenance of this one?