
We recently talked about one of the oldest pairs of diamond earrings in the Swedish royal collection, the Vasa Earrings. Today, we’re looking at their little sisters: the Karl Johan Earrings.
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We recently talked about one of the oldest pairs of diamond earrings in the Swedish royal collection, the Vasa Earrings. Today, we’re looking at their little sisters: the Karl Johan Earrings.
Thanks to their French imperial heritage, the Bernadottes of Sweden have a jewelry collection that features pieces that date all the way back to the days of Napoleon and Josephine. But today’s jewels, the Vasa Earrings, have an even longer Swedish royal legacy.
March is the month of the aquamarine, and we’ll be celebrating some of the grandest royal aquamarine tiaras each Saturday this month. We’re kicking things off with one of my very favorites: the aquamarine kokoshnik owned by Sweden’s Princess Margaretha.