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Unknown german tiara Posted by Juscha on October 7, 2019, 8:03 am On this Sunday morning I took some time to surf around on several jewellery related Instagram accounts starting with Vincent Meylan. So I was jumping from this to that and when searching around prussian royal jewellery I found somewhere a german noble lady around 1910 in connection with the german empress Auguste Viktoria or CP Cäcilie. She was wearing a jewel I first thought to be the large wedding gift loop tiara of Crown princess Cäcilie. I was using my smartphone and when I enlarged it was piece I´d never seen before. The picture was a little bit blurry. O.K. Hm. Now in the night I was searching for prussian aquamarine jewellery and found by accident this: https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/more-necklaces/historic-edwardian-prussian-royal-jeweler-diamond-platinum-convertible-tiara/id-j_6297061/ I´m quiet certain it is the same jewel I saw in the morning and completely unkown to me. But regrettabIy cannot find the picture anymore. It is said it was made by Friedländer, one of the prussian court jewellers. I don´t know anything about the page. Quiet obscue to me to sell a jewel like this online. If it´s real and not a copy. A substantial and beautiful tiara and a substantial price. Do anyone know about the selling platform and the jewel?

Re: Unknown german tiara Posted by mauriz on October 7, 2019, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Unknown german tiara" I visit 1stdibs fairly regularly and while I too wonder who would acquire a piece worth several 100 000 USD online (and there are quite a few in this price range), occasionally interesting historical pieces are advertised by well-known traders and galleries and some of the HQ-fotos (reverse sides, mountings, technical aspects) are very enjoyable. The tiara in question is offered by Wagner Preziosen, a trader in Berlin, who has published a short article on that piece which apparently was commissioned by a "Swabian-aristocratic family". How the centre elements are connected with flexible metal bars to allow for more distance when used as a choker is quite interesting, as is the intact presentation box with its divisions for various fittings.

Re: Unknown german tiara Posted by Beth on October 10, 2019, 5:29 am, in reply to "Re: Unknown german tiara" What an enjoyable thread. Thank you Juscha and Mauriz!

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