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Mansfield tiara Posted by Torkel on September 21, 2021, 1:16 am Lady Iona Murray (b.1992) married Captain Barnaby Frederick John Spink this weekend. She is the second daughter of the 9th Earl of Mansfield. I have only seen small pics on Instagram, but she appears to be wearing a diamond wreath tiara. I assume its the same tiara worn here by her grandmother Pamela, the Countess of Mansfield at the Royal Caledonian Ball in 1957: (Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images) https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2016/08/the-daily-diadem-lady-mansfields-tiara.html

Re: Mansfield tiara Posted by Beth on September 21, 2021, 7:14 am, in reply to "Mansfield tiara" Many thanks Torkel!! Hopefully, some additional photos will soon be available. So far I haven't found the photos Torkel referred to but I have some others on various Mansfield tiaras. The wreath tiara is very versatile. I suspect that it is two large corsage brooches mounted on a frame, but I admit I have not seen the elements worn as brooches. The wreath tiara appears to be a secondary tiara in the collection; the grandest of the Mansfield tiaras being a complete circlet tiara. Below are images of some of the ways the elements of the wreath tiara have been worn. In the photo below the elements are separated. In the image Torkel posted, the elements meet in the centre. On another occasion the then Countess mounted a brooch on the centre of the frame, using the elements as the sides of the tiara. How did Lady Iona wear the tiara?

Re: Mansfield tiara Star tiara Posted by Beth on September 21, 2021, 7:34 am, in reply to "Re: Mansfield tiara" Another very versatile tiara is the star tiara. Five stars mounted on a row of diamonds. I suspect that the stars can be worn as hair pins and as brooches

Re: Mansfield tiara Large diamond tiara Posted by Beth on September 21, 2021, 7:44 am, in reply to "Re: Mansfield tiara Star tiara" The grandest of the tiaras I have seen worn by the Countesses of Mansfield forms a complete circle of floral elements.

Re: Mansfield Diamond Fringe Tiara Posted by The Royal Watcher on September 21, 2021, 7:55 am, in reply to "Re: Mansfield tiara Large diamond tiara" Thank You Beth! I'm really enjoying this thread on the Mansfield Tiaras. They also have/had this Diamond Fringe Tiara, which was worn for a Ball with the then Duke and Duchess of York in the 1930s.

Re: Mansfield Diamond Fringe Tiara Posted by Beth on September 21, 2021, 8:24 am, in reply to "Re: Mansfield Diamond Fringe Tiara" Thanks The Royal Watcher!! What an interesting collection they have! If you are interested in the date and occasion, the photo showing the fringe tiara was taken at the St Andrew's Eve Ball on 29 November 1934. For half a minute I thought that the fringe tiara was the fringe necklace seen in the photos of the star tiara, but I quickly realised these are two separate jewels.

Re: Lady Iona in the Mansfield tiara Posted by The Royal Watcher on September 21, 2021, 7:51 am, in reply to "Mansfield tiara" Here is an image of Lady Iona wearing the tiara, which is her profile picture on instagram!

Re: Lady Iona in the Mansfield tiara Posted by Beth on September 21, 2021, 8:25 am, in reply to "Re: Lady Iona in the Mansfield tiara" Thank you! Previous Message Here is an image of Lady Iona wearing the tiara, which is her profile picture on instagram !

Re: Mansfield tiara Posted by Dave on September 24, 2021, 2:54 pm, in reply to "Mansfield tiara" Thanks Torkel, very old families who have been lucky to retain much of their heirlooms. The British aristocracy are different from any other national set of noble or aristocratics. They seemingly survive many low points and then some. They are so under cover you just don't know about them until an occasion or situation arises. I am told that the UK has at least 6 different levels of rich or upper class sets in Britain and 3 of them are of the old aristocracy being nobles/ royals who are asset rich and cash poor, the plain aristocracy, and the set who rose up the ranks in QV's industrial Britain. The other 3 types are the nouveau rich, and others who came into to money in the 50's and 60's and then what you call the media barons. Then their is the upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class outside of those six different classes. Maybe someone on here might put me straight on this narrative but from what I am seeing their does exists different levels of aristocracy in Britain. Regards, Dave. Previous Message Lady Iona Murray (b.1992) married Captain Barnaby Frederick John Spink this weekend. She is the second daughter of the 9th Earl of Mansfield. I have only seen small pics on Instagram, but she appears to be wearing a diamond wreath tiara. I assume its the same tiara worn here by her grandmother Pamela, the Countess of Mansfield at the Royal Caledonian Ball in 1957: (Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images) https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2016/08/the-daily-diadem-lady-mansfields-tiara.html

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