The Isenburg Family Tiara and Crown Princess Cecilie’s Meander Tiara

These two very different tiaras were linked together in 2011, at the wedding of Prince Georg Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Sophie of Isenburg. For her big day, Princess Sophie wore both of them – one for the religious ceremony and one for the evening reception. The Isenburg Floral Tiara The religious ceremony tiara was…

Maria Feodorovna’s Russian Field Diadem

Empress Maria Feodorovna (wife of Paul I, not the other one) commissioned a diadem from the famous Duval Brothers. The Empress wanted something that would remind of the Russian fields, and so the brothers created a diadem of oak and laurel leaves, bordered by sheaves of wheat. The Empress was fond of the piece and…

Ruby and Diamond Tiara, mid-19th century

Ruby and Diamond Tiara, mid-19th century made with silver, gold, rubies, diamonds, metal. Set with foil backed rubies and circular-cut and rose diamonds, length approximately 370mm, may be worn as a necklace with a detachable chain, additional brooch fittings, inner circumference of tiara approximately 180mm, fitted case. ProvenanceFrom the descendants of Earl Manvers and Viscount…

Pomp and circumstance: The Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara

The Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara was created at the beginning of the 19th century, possibly in Germany, for Princess Augusta of Hesse Cassel, Duchess of Cambridge The Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara was made in the early 19th century, possibly in Germany, for Princess Augusta of Hesse Cassel, Duchess of Cambridge. It passed to her daughter,…

A Diamond Tiara and Necklace, 1880s

A diamond tiara and necklace, 1880s Designed as a relatively short compact fringe, the slightly tapered form composed of 23 knife-edge bars each applied with a curved V-shape diamond-set motif and surmounted by an old-cut diamond in claw setting and interspersed with shorter bars topped with graduated old cut diamonds. All are set above a…

Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras

Royal & Aristocratic Tiaras A diamond and pearl tiara, Garrard & Co. Modelled on the Cambridge Lover’s Knot tiara, formed as recurring intertwined knot motifs representing eternity, with a scalloped silhouette and radiating rows of freshwater pearls, set throughout with brilliant-, circular-cut, and pear-shaped diamonds, inner length approximately 355mm. Total diamond weight 15.73 carats 18 carat…