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| Keywords: Swedish - Swedish Wedding Crown - Walters 572047 - View A.jpg Although crowns are customarily associated with royalty wedding crowns in Scandinavia were worn by brides of all social strata They were owned by the bride's parish and loaned for the occasaion Wedding crowns were richly decorated with emblems of conjugal love this example includes carnations associated with enduring marriage because their fragrance outlasts their blossoms dangling linden leaves which represent fertility in Nordic literature and angels Christian figures that allude to the eternal and spiritual qualities of marriage The crown itself resembles that worn by Mary Queen of Heaven early Other date century 18 silver gilt with paste jewels cm 14 9 accession number 57 2047 17336 Ruth Blumka New York November 1978 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1978 by purchase Museum purchase 1978 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Sweden Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art of Sweden Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Bridal crowns | ||||
