Thank you Martina for that link. One I had not seen, as I recall a portrait in colour. The mention of 1857 means before alteration in 1858 so we have the original version of the tiara. As Queen Alexandra kept an illustrated inventory too perhaps she wore the oriental circlet at least once for that purpose?
--Previous Message-- : No, there is no evidence that is publicly : known. But I wonder if there might be some : nice unpublished pictures in HM's private : Albums. Or she wore it when no pictures were : taken. We might never know . :