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There's a man here in Germany, Dieter Baumgartl, who has a strange kind of hobby: He's reproducing crown jewels.

I'm not kidding - so far he has reproduced the French, Prussian and English crown jewels in pewter, Swarovski crystals, Chinese jewels and virtually anything he could find. He's currently working on the Russian crown jewels.

He's doing this at home, 'on his sofa, while watching television', he says. The effort, however, is well worth an exhibit - which took place in one of Hamburg's best shops, the Alsterhaus.

Oh, by the way, to destroy any hope you might have: Mr. Baumgartl doesn't work for customers - he refuses to do so.
However, if you're really interested in how he does his work, look carefully at what he's doing and ask the right questions *plus* have some skills in soldering and jewelry making, you'd be rather surprised what you could learn from that man...
He and his works are real inspirations, too - especially because if you've ever been to London, you'll certainly know how long - or how short, rather - you can look at those jewels (if at all, because most of them are not visible for the public!) if you visit the tower
Visiting one exhibit of Mr. Baumgartl gives you the chance to not only look at them like, well, forever if you have the time - but you can also *photograph* them, which I did.

Here are the pictures of Mr. Baumgartl's reproduced crown jewels - with descriptions, as far as I remember or photographed them.
Note:
I'm not so familiar with the history of English monarchs that I could verify that all the given dates, which I translated and wrote down from the German auction descriptions, are all correct.
Please feel free to correct me if you definitely know that my descriptions are wrong. I will forward your corrections to Mr. Baumgartl, who is also only firm in reproduction jewelry making and not on historic dates :-)
(Unfortunately he didn't have any reproductions of Queen Elizabeth I's jewels, which, as you might know in case you've browsed this site a bit more, is my absolutely favorite Queen.
I would have loved to have a picture taken with something like that wearing something like my Pelican gown.
He said I might come back in case I should ever finish my reproduction of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation gown (as shown on my 'interesting costumes' page) - but I doubt I'll ever do that. As I've said on that page, I have no occasion to wear such a gown; and I doubt anyone else would want to have one made...
Well, never mind - the jewels were beautiful anyway...)


"Oriental Circlet"
deigned by Prince Albert (1819-1861) for his wife, Queen Victoria.
"The Cambridge Lover's Knot"
Tiara

Queen's Crown
Made in 1902 for Queen Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), the wife of Edward VII (1841-1910)
"Bandeau Necklace"
Owned by King George V. (1865-1936) and Queen Elizabeth II (* 1926)

Emerald Tiara
Owned by Queen Victoria Mary of Teck, wife of King George V. (1865-1936)
Queen's Crown
made for Queen Adelaide of Sachsen-Meiningen (1792-1849), wife of King William IV (1756-1837).
This crown was used for just one coronation ceremony. After this, all jewels were removed and re-used to make other jewelry.

"Feston" necklace and "Stud" Earrings
owned by Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
"State Crown"
Worn by Queen Mary of Modena (1658-1718) on her way back to the palace from the coronation ceremony. Later it was used for various representative purposes.

From top to bottom:
St. Edward's Crown, made of gold and 444 jewels; weights about 4,5 pounds. It was made for the coronation of Charles II in 1661 and is generally used for the coronation act of British Monarchs itself. Queen Victoria and King Edward VII instead chose the "Imperial State Crown" for the coronation - because of the weight. The last time this crown was used for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953.
Scepter, made for the coronation of King Charles II (1630-1685) in 1661.
Reichsapfel, made for the coronation of King Charles II (1630-1685) in 1661.
Left: Coronation crown, owned by Queen Mary of Modena (1658-1718), wife of King James II (1633-1701), the last catholic ruler of Great Britain.
Right: "State Diadem", was worn by Queen Mary of Modena (1658-1718) on her way to the coronation ceremony. This tradition was later carried on by other King's wives until the 19th century.

"Portland Tiara with Sapphires"
Four-rows pearl necklace
owned by Queen Elizabeth II (*1926)
Necklace
owned by the Russian Czar Maria Fjodorowna (1847-1928)

Fringe Earrings and Goodman Necklace
owned by Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
Top to bottom:
Brooch - owned by the Russian Czar Maria Fjodorowna (1847-1928)
Russian brooch - owned by Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
Brooch - owned by Prince Albert (1819-1901), husband of Queen Victoria

"Floret Earrings"- owned by Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
"Courage" Brooch - owned by Queen Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
Clips by Cartier - owned by Queen Elizabeth II (*1926)
Tiara with Emeralds and Diamonds
owned by Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Orders
Owned by the Royal family.
"Cluster Earrings", "Three-Drops Necklace and Brooch"
Owned by Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), wife of King Edward VII (1849-1910)

Queen's Crown
The last crown that was made for a King's wife for her coronation in 1937 for Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), wife of King George VI (1895-1952) and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Brooches
owned by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) and her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II (* 1926).

Circlet with the Koh-I-Noor
worn by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), wife of King George VI (1895-1952) and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Tiara
owned by Princess Louise (1848-1939), the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Regal Circlet
owned by Queen Victoria (1819-1901)		 Backside of the Regal Circlet (left), just so you see how Mr. Baumgartl has worked the circlet

Burmese Ruby Tiara
owned by Queen Elizabeth II (* 1926).
"Cullinan III & VI"
"Koh-I-Noor Brooch"
owned by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), wife of King George VI (1895-1952) and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
The two pictures show just the same - but the right one also has a human thumb in the lower right corner, so that you may imagine the sheer size of these incredible jewels (both the reproductions and the originals)

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