Lot Essay
US$80,000-120,000
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THE CROWN HAS LONG BEEN REGARDED AS THE UTMOST REPRESENTATION OF ROYAL SYMBOLS: EMBODYING DIGNITY AND GLORY, IT IS THE PREVAILING PRESENCE OF POWER AND STATUS. EUROPEAN ROYAL FAMILIES COLLECT THE RAREST OF DIAMONDS AND JEWELS, ALL TO REFLECT AND VALIDATE THEIR MAJESTIC ROLES. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, ROYAL FAMILIES BEGAN COMMISSIONING THEIR OWN DEDICATED CRAFTSMEN, WITH EXTRAORDINARY SKILLS, TO PRODUCE A VARIETY OF FINE JEWELLERY MASTERPIECES. THE TIARA, TRADITIONALLY A FORM OF THE CROWN, WAS RICHLY ORNAMENTED AND WAS REGULARLY WORN BY THE ROYAL AND NOBLE LADIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE DESIGNS WERE RELATIVELY CUMBERSOME, COMPLEX AND HEAVY, WHILE THE SIMPLE AND ELEGANT STYLE QUICKLY BECAME MORE FAVOURED AMONG THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILIES.
LOT 1865 IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POPULAR SIMPLE YET ELEGANT STYLE. THE SOFT SCROLLING MOTIFS EXEMPLIFY THE DELICATE AND FEMININE QUALITIES OF THE TIARA. WHILE THE INLAID DIAMONDS AND PLATINUM DISPENSE THE GRANDEUR OF TRADITIONAL STYLING. FULL OF ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT, THE STREAMLINED CURVILINEAR DESIGN OFFERS A LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATING APPEARANCE, YIELDING TO A VARIETY OF GUISE AND FLATTERING TO A WOMAN'S LOOK. THE SUPERB CRAFTSMANSHIP TRANSCENDS THE TEST OF TIME, EPITOMIZING A CLASSIC WORK OF ART.
A DIAMOND TIARA
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A DIAMOND TIARA
CENTERING UPON A PEAR-SHAPED DIAMOND, WITHIN AN OLD MINE-CUT DIAMOND SURROUND, TO THE SIMILARLY-SET EXTENDING SCROLLS, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM, 16.7 CM WIDE
CENTERING UPON A PEAR-SHAPED DIAMOND, WITHIN AN OLD MINE-CUT DIAMOND SURROUND, TO THE SIMILARLY-SET EXTENDING SCROLLS, MOUNTED IN PLATINUM, 16.7 CM WIDE
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