A number of questions immediately popped into my mind. I wonder what was the chain of ownership prior to the auction in 1978?
The use of gold, without any silver, is striking, as is also the small number of diamonds. I wonder why that was so? Was that characteristic of jewellery circa the early 1860s? (For example, I know that Queen Alexandra received a number of gold jewels for her wedding in 1863, the style/design drawing on antique styles)
The base/band of the tiara caught my attention. How is that made? Why does the metal work show a different colour from the gold above? Are there small diamonds in the base/band?
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