Jewels from a Royal Family, Asia
Fine Diamond Tiara 鑽石 冠冕
Auction Closed
November 12, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 170,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
Designed as a garland of wild roses, each flowerhead centring a stamen set en tremblant with an old mine-cut diamond framed by rose-cut diamond pistils, the petals, leaves and rose buds pavé-set with similarly shaped diamonds, inner circumference approximately 330mm, each element detachable, five brooch fittings, two pairs of later added ear clip fittings, additional later added tiara frame; circa 1840.
Henrietta Scott, Duchess of Portland (1774 – 1844)
Thence by descent to the great-granddaughter Margaret Greenhalgh, Countess of Norbury
Christie's London, 14 December 1953
Magnificent Jewels, Sotheby’s St. Moritz, 21 and 22 February 1996, lot 566.
A Royal Family, Asia
Diana Scarisbrick, Ancestral Jewels, London, 1989, pp. 169 and 170 and plate 248, for this tiara which was sold by the Countess of Norbury who had inherited it from her great-grandmother Henrietta Scott (1774 – 1844) who married the fourth Duke of Portland in 1795. The tiara was sold at Christie’s London on 14 December 1953.