Posted by John R on May 7, 2012, 9:01 pm, in reply to "chill?"
I believe this particular tiara was never that well documented to begin with: the supporting documents that confirm this tiara was actually made by a certain Jeweller have not surfaced before IIRC. Hence the various provenances. Now, a never before seen B&W photo has been found in the archive of a former Court Jeweller who also made another well known tiara. I don't think Cartier has many original photos of tiaras made by Garrards or viseversa in their archives. So it's pretty reasonable to add yet another possible provenance to the tiara and for what it is worth, one that strikes me as the most plausible. The said archives are not accessible at the moment (digitalisation project) but at some point further research will be done on this, I am sure. We'll see.
--Previous Message-- : this board is usually the most civilized of : the grouping seen at the top of the page. : would you please keep it that way and not : say "ridiculous" or "full of : hot air" --except maybe on the other : boards, of course. you can disagree with : someone and still be nice about it. : : remember, that recent "OMG" about : some "never before seen!" photos : of princess diana that the daily mail : trumpeted turned out to be a bunch of hooey, : cuz all those pictures had been published : PRE-internet in actual magazines. : : so for a reporter to suddenly pop up and say : that s/he has exclusive : *never-before-revealed* information about a : tiara that seems to be pretty well : documented seems --well-- odd. :