Excellent work Barbara. Thank you. I think our analysis is spot on. So often, tiara elements were removable to be worn as brooches (with fittings added) or hair ornaments.
--Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : Fascinating! Might it be this 'smaller' : Devonshire necklace tiara with additional : elements above the lower scrolls? : : : Martina, you might be right! I tried to : sharpen and enlarge the picture, Cerys : pointed to and to compare it with yours of : the 'smaller' Devonshire tiara. There seem : some resemblances (and some differences): : : : : - the 'scroll'-parts just above the base : seem to be identical in both tiaras (see : lower arrow) : : - the 'spiky' ornaments seem to be identical : in both tiaras (at least on the side part, : upper arrow) : : - there seem to be diamond (?) drops mounted : above each scroll ornament (small circle). : Looking closer to the colour picture of the : Devonshire tiara, I see a tiny hook on the : back of the scroll ornaments (especially on : the one, on the right side of the central : element) : : - the central element on Cery's pic is : definitely not the 'original one'. It looks : like a substantial diamond(?) cluster, a big : central stone, surrounded by 8(?) smaller : ones (big circle) :
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