It is such an interesting comment/insight that I hope (if no one supplies an answer) that we can take this topic up on a new thread. I find it a fascinating topic, one which I hope we will explore further, as, sadly, it is something about which I know nothing -- but I would love to know more about.
Can anyone give any more information about the Newcastle Tiara. It seems a very early date considering that tiaras were rarely worn at this time. The Pakenham tiara is about this date so it may be accurate and the aigrette connects it to the Marie Antoinette aigrette so it may be contemporaneous with that. It is though an unusually grand item when you realise that they were not yet the symbol of aristocratic birth that they later became.
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