The Marlborough Boucheron Tiara

Photos (clockwise from left): Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan; Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan; Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan; tiara detail


At the turn of the twentieth century, some of the sparkliest jewel collections in Britain were owned not by the nation's royal princesses but by the wives of aristocrats. One of the most magnificent aristocratic tiaras around belonged to the American-born wife of the