Diamond tiara/corsage ornament, early 19th CenturyDesigned as five foliate sprays, each symbolising
Diamond tiara/corsage ornament, early 19th CenturyDesigned as five foliate sprays, each symbolising one of the Three Kingdoms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, centring on a single rose flower head, emblematic of England, flanked with the thistle and shamrock, symbolising the Kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland.Set with old-mine, circular-cut and cushion-shaped diamonds, inner circumference approximately 265mm, five foliate sprays all detachable accompanied by six detachable brooch pins. Later case by Catchpole & Williams, 14 Graftton Street, London W1. -- source link
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