Louis Vuitton
terça-feira, 2 de julho de 2013
The Manchester Tiara
The Manchester Tiara, French, 1903. Designed by Cartier. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V & A Museum, 2007. Photo: Angela Moore. V Museum.The Duchess of Castr
The Duchess of Castro Ancona tiara. The Ancona was made in 1817 for Princess Maria Anna of Saxony on the occasion of her wedding to the Grand Duke of Tuscany t Castle Pillnitz near Dresden. The chased gold and pearl base supporting a graduated row of trefoil motifs set with pear-and cushion-shaped diamonds, each decorated at the top with a large pear-shaped pearl capped with rose diamonds and alternating with similarly set floral motif.Londonderry Amethyst
Londonderry Amethyst Tiara made with Amethysts presented to the Marchioness of Londonderry by Tsar Alexandar I in 1821. Russian amethysts are considered the finest in the world. The tiara was designed by E. Wolff & Co. in 1916.
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