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The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria is a miniature imperial and state crown made at the request of Queen Victoria in 1870 to wear over her widow's cap following the death of her husband, Prince Albert.
The crown made for Queen Victoria Since the coronation of Charles II, St Edward's Crown had been used at the climax of the ceremony, but it was anticipated that its size and weight (5 lb) would be too great for Victoria to bear, and so a smaller Imperial State Crown was made for her by the Crown Jewellers Rundell, Bridge & Co. , using a total ...
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era.
The Royal Ceremony of the Coronation of Queen Victoria was held on 18th of June, 1838. Even though it was a Thursday, a huge crowd of 400,000 people attended the Grand Ceremony. The Ceremony took place at the Westminster Abbey in London.
In 1870, Queen Victoria commissioned a diamond crown small enough to be worn above her widow's cap, as she continued to mourn her late husband, Prince Albert. The resulting piece was an openwork silver frame set with 1,187 diamonds.
The crown was designed to be worn by Queen Victoria on top of her widow's cap. The priorities in creating the design were lightness and comfort and the crown may have been based on Queen Charlotte's nuptial crown which had been returned to Hanover earlier in the reign.
Queen Victoria left her Small Diamond Crown to the Crown “to be worn by future Queens in right of it”, and it was frequently worn by Queen Alexandra during her husband’s reign and afterwards.
Victoria wore the small diamond crown for the first time at the State Opening of Parliament in 1871. It featured in some of the most important portrait images of the monarch during the latter years of her reign.
The crown was designed to be worn by Queen Victoria on top of her widow's cap. The priorities in creating the design were lightness and comfort and the crown may have been based on Queen Charlotte's nuptial crown which had been returned to Hanover earlier in the reign.
Measuring approximately three and a half inches in width and four inches in height, the crown consisted of 1,187 brilliant-cut and rose-cut diamonds. Weighing five ounces, the crown was...