Posted by Cristina on January 14, 2013, 5:53 am, in reply to "Electrifying!"
Wow...it looks like a jewelry store display of big jewels!
The colored stones could be saphires or emeralds... The big circles necklace could be worn as a tiara if placed on a frame. The bow and anchors are fabulous!
The "tiara" looks ugly indeed, and very dificult to mantain in the head. I really don't know how to understand that piece... it looks like a sort of huge ferroniére, this was fashionable in the early XIX century.
Googling I found the link bellow, a portrait of Queen Dona Maria II of Portugal wearing a ferroniére on her forehead, and a big jewelry piece, of similar size to the Duchess's, a bit behind on her head.