The ivy brooch is a part of the jewellery in The Danish Royal Property Trust.
The large brooch consists of a recumbent oval with a rosette and, in it, a large diamond encircled by ten smaller diamonds as well as diamond-adorned swirls. From the oval hangs a long, detachable pendant, shaped as a branch of ivy with seven large diamonds in old silver covers and, in between them, six ivy leaves decorated with diamonds.
The brooch belonged to Hereditary Princess Caroline, Frederik VI’s daughter (1793-1881), and was purchased from her estate in 1881 by Frederik VIII’s Queen Lovisa. Queen Lovisa was wealthy and bought – both as Crown Princess and as Queen – furniture, paintings and jewellery related to the Danish Royal Family back to the Royal Danish House and often conveyed the purchases to The Danish Royal Property Trust.
The brooch can also be used as a pendant for, as an example, the ‘Rivière’ or as a bracelet.
