Lot 419
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AN IMPORTANT ANTIQUE DIAMOND TIARA
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AN IMPORTANT ANTIQUE DIAMOND TIARA

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AN IMPORTANT ANTIQUE DIAMOND TIARA
Designed as a continuous scrolling old-cut diamond line with wheat sheaves, flowers, leaves and buds all interwoven, circa 1850, 38.0 cm. inner circumference, several flowers with screw fittings, in original fitted blue velvet case, with printed label E.Böhm, joaillier & bijoutier, Vienne
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This is a superb example of the naturalistic style that was so popular in the mid 19th century, Queen Victoria was painted by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in 1845 wearing a diamond-set wreath of flowers and ears of corn.

Cf. G. C. Munn, Tiaras: A History of Splendour, Antique Collectors' Club, 2001, p. 65

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