Fine Jewellery - 27th October 2016
Lot 1859
An impressive late Victorian diamond-set wild rose tiara
Estimate £30,000 - £50,000 | Hammer £150000
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Description
An impressive late Victorian diamond-set wild rose tiara, the central large wild rose is naturalistically designed and pave-set with old cushion-cut and pear-shaped diamonds, set either side with a series of four further graduated diamond-set roses and six graduated diamond-set foliate sprays in silver and gold. Ten of the eleven sections convert to be worn as a substantial necklace, set on yellow gold knife-edge mounts. Each section also converts to be worn separately as a brooch, or a pair of earrings. With eight gold brooch fittings a pair of gold earring fittings, and a screwdriver.