The Miniature Crown Jewel Collection + Crown of the Queens of Bavaria

Description

The Crown of the Queens of Bavaria is part of the Miniature Crown Jewel Collection created and designed by Nicholas & Susan Findeisen, the original owners of Crowns & Regalia, Ltd and is entirely hand made by skilled artists using the finest materials. Each piece is hand cast in high quality Pewter, then richly 22ct. Gold or Sterling Silver plated, hand polished, set with minute Austrian Crystal stones and/or hand enamelled and finished, and comes in its original box.
History of the Original:
The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian IV Joseph of the House of Wittelsbach became the first King of Bavaria in 1805 as Maximilian I Joseph. The crown would go on being held by the Wittelsbachs until the kingdom came to an end in 1918. Most of Bavaria's present-day borders were established after 1814 with theTreaty of Paris, in which Bavaria ceded Tyrol and Voralburg to theAustrian Empire while receiving Aschaffenburg and Wurzburg. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingdom became a federated state of the new empire and was second in size, power, and wealth only to the leading state, the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1918, Bavaria became a republic after the German Revolution, and the kingdom was thus succeeded by the current Free State of Bavaria.
This delightful crown, made in the 'Empire' style, was ordered by Maximillian I in 1806 for his Queen - Caroline Frederika of Baden.
Beautifully designed, the crown contains a collection of huge pearls of extraordinary quality, superb large brilliant diamonds and a band decorated with precious gems.
*Crown and box is in original mint condition.*
**Crown measures approximately 1" tall x 3/4" wide.
Box measures approximately 4" L x 3" W x 1-1/4" T **