Monday, February 18, 2013
The Westminster Bagration Tiara
Labels:
Russia,
spinel,
United Kingdom
Photos (clockwise from top left): Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster; tiara detail; Natalia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster; tiara detail
The pink spinel tiara now owned by the Duke of Westminster has roots centuries and miles from present-day London. The tiara was created in the world of imperial Russia.
The Bagrations were the rulers of the kingdom of Georgia for centuries
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