The Shwikar Tiara

All photos: tiara detail


We've got time for one more scroll tiara this week, so let's end with a bit of a stunner, shall we? This is the tiara once owned by Princess Shwikar of Egypt, the first wife of the King Fuad I.



The tiara, which was commissioned by the then-future king, is made of diamonds and pearls set in platinum. It looks awfully similar to another tiara with Egyptian