Posted by RealGabo on October 21, 2012, 7:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Alternate Views"
Perhaps our mistake (and of several others like the always well informed and generous Ursula) was to think that they mixed two different tiaras to make the actual parure, but they only reset and re design the original necklace/earrings/plus a later bracelet that was givent to HM as a coronation gift from the president and people of Brazil (1953 and the 1st setting of 1957 by Garrard and the 2nd reset and augmented design, in 1971, also by Garrard to its present form).
1st setting (pic by Nellie):
The other tiara, the one that now was wore by the Countess of Wessex, was given to The Queen by the Governor of São Paulo in 1968.