A VICTORIAN DIAMOND AND PEARL TIARA/NECKLACE, CIRCA 1890.
A VICTORIAN DIAMOND AND PEARL TIARA/NECKLACE, CIRCA 1890. The graduating foliate knifewire sprays set throughout with old brilliant, single and rose-cut diamonds, accented with bouton pearls, mounted in silver and gold, detaches to be worn as a necklace frontispiece on a later snake-link chain, clasp deficient, pearls untested, diamonds approximately 5.50 carats total, lengths: inner circumference of tiara frame 53.0cm, height from base of frame to central point 4.5cm, cased by Carrington & Co, 130 Regent St