The Hutton Ruby Necklace Tiara

All photos: Barbara Hutton


Today's ruby and diamond tiara is something of a mystery, one I'm still working on trying to solve. The only photographs I've been able to track down of the piece show it being worn by American heiress Barbara Hutton, but there are claims that it actually has a much more royal pedigree.


Hutton's tiara is actually a necklace set on a tiara frame. You can see her