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    Re: ALBION ART diadem collection Archived Message

    Posted by TMN Raugravine on December 3, 2011, 6:34 am, in reply to "Re: ALBION ART diadem collection"

    Many thanks for all the information.

    --Previous Message--
    : From the Albion Art Institute web:
    :
    : "Gold and silver tiara, the openwork
    : band at the base filled with pairs of
    : diamonds set alternatively above and below
    : between button pearls, except in the centre
    : which is marked by a diamond between three
    : small pearls. The seven pear pearls in
    : diamond caps rise from addorsed diamond
    : scrolls linked together like festoons, each
    : enclosing a collet set diamond, resting on a
    : channel set line of diamonds. German, Circa
    : 1830
    : Provenance:
    : Prince John George of Saxony (1869-1938),
    : and worn by his first wife, Princess Isabel
    : of Wurtemberg (1871-1904) and by the second,
    : Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Sicily.
    : Royal House of Hanover."
    :
    : Regards!
    :


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