Lot 541. From the descendants of Earl Manvers and Viscount Chetwynd. Ruby and diamond tiara, mid-19th century. Estimate 12,000 - 18,000 CHF. Lot sold 60,000 CHF. Photo Sothebys 2013

Set with foil backed rubies and circular-cut and rose diamonds, length approximately 370mm, may be worn as a necklace with a detachable chain, additional brooch fittings, inner circumference of tiara approximately 180mm, fitted case. 

Provenance: From the descendants of Earl Manvers and Viscount Chetwynd.

Note: The tiara was given by Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont of Thoresby Park, daughter of Charles Pierrepont 2nd Earl Manvers and her husband Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, an ancient family of aristocratic Welsh politicians and owners of much of the border region of Wales, to their daughter Mary Williams-Wynn on the occasion of her marriage to Henry Goulburn Chetwynd Stapylton JP in 1886. The tiara was left by Mary Chetwynd Stapylton, nee Williams-Wynn, to her daughter Annora Esther Osmaston, nee Chetwynd Stapylton. Thence by descent

Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels. Genève, 14 mai 2013