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Anglesey tiara/s
Posted by Beth on May 13, 2019, 8:01 pm
As The Royal Watcher noted in a post lower down, the grandiose tiara featured in the 1959 Ageless Diamond Exhibition as the Anglesey tiara was not seen on any of the Marchionesses.
The only place where I could see the tiara attributed to the Marquis of Anglesey was on the AP video.
In the catalogue the owner is not identified.
I did a very quick survey of the newspapers today and from what I could find, I suspect that the family had only two tiaras.
The major tiara is the one The Royal Watcher posted of the Marjorie Manners, the wife of the 6th Marquis and her daughter-in-law, the wife of the 7th Marquis.
Marjorie the 6th Marchioness appears to have raised the actual tiara in her own artistic fashion.
While the 7th Marchioness appears to have worn it more conventionally.
Interestingly, in the photo above the Marchioness is wearing the necklace in the same way as the model in a photo I posted below.
Marjorie Manners was photographed with another head jewel, but I am not sure if this was a bandeau, or a choker or a bracelet.
I found another tiara worn by the 5th Marchioness, but I have no idea as to whether it is an Anglesey item or belonged to her personally.
Re: Anglesey tiara/s
Posted by Beth on May 14, 2019, 7:56 am, in reply to "Anglesey tiara/s"
Some Anglesey jewels were sold at auctions with Sotheby's in 2014 and 2016 if anyone has the time to search through the catalogues.
The more I think about the Anglesey tiara/s the more convinced I am that the tiara on display in 1959 did not belong to the Marquis. I am not sure what the state of the family's finances were after the 5th Marquis was declared bankrupt in 1902 (??) and what jewels were entailed, but the 5th Marquis' extravagances would have seriously depleted the coffers as trustees sought to pay creditors.
Re: Anglesey tiara/s
Posted by Thomas on May 15, 2019, 5:32 am, in reply to "Anglesey tiara/s"
I am absolutely clueless about the tiara displayed in 1959.
I was a bit confused by the numbers on the catalogue, and first supposed that the Marquess was listed as the owner of both jewels... clearly he was not.
How comes that such a massive tiara has never been clearly identified?
It was perhaps loaned by a jewellery house, and sold or dismantled afterwards (if no buyer was found).
Anyway I'd really love to learn more about this one!