Portrait jewellery

The portrait jewellery is a part of the jewellery in The Danish Royal Property Trust.

In The Danish Royal Property Trust, you can find various types of jewellery with painted portraits of royals. Pieces of jewellery such as these were very normal in the 1700s and 1800s, when so-called ‘sentiment jewellery’ – or memorial jewellery – with a painted portrait of a loved one or deceased person, possibly together with a lock of hair, was a romantic memento of the person portrayed.

Diamond ring

Diamond ring with Queen Juliane Marie’s portrait and, on the reverse side, a portrait of her spouse, Frederik V, both painted on ivory in 1770 by Christof Wilhelm Andreas Müller.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

Pendant with pearl-wreathed miniature

Pendant with pearl-wreathed miniature of Prince Christian of Hessen Kassel, painted on ivory.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

Chatelaine or watch chain

Chatelaine or watch chain with diamonds and embedded hair and, on the back, a portrait of Christian VII, painted on ivory.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

Bracelet with pearls

Bracelet with pearls and diamond-wreathed portrait of the future Queen Josefina of Sweden-Norway.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

Arm ring

Arm ring in gold with Frederik VI’s portrait.

Pearl bracelet

Pearl bracelet with a miniature portrait of Karl XIV Johan of Sweden, painted on ivory by J.A. Gillberg.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

Brilliant-cut diamond brooch

Brillant-cut diamond brooch with a later portrait of Frederik (IX) as a baby.
Photo: Iben Kaufmann ©

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