CROWN OF ERIC XIV 1561
This crown was made for the coronation of King Eric XIV of Sweden. It originally featured his initials in green enamel but after his brother, John III, deposed him they were replaced with pearls. Subsequent monarchs of the Vasa dynasty used the crown until the abdication of Queen Christina in 1654. When the Bernadotte dynasty assumed the throne in the 19th century, they returned to using Eric’s crown albeit with some alterations – adding diamond rosettes to the bottom, replacing the orb at the top with a new orb of enamel blue, decorated with gold stars and set in diamond, with a new diamond cross to match.